Russian threats alarm Georgia
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Georgia fears it will be the target of Russian counter-terrorism strikes after the Beslan tragedy.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned yesterday.Comment
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin urges international pressure on Georgia, as tensions continue to escalate.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused Georgia of blackmail and lawmakers threatened more sanctions as Moscow police went after businesses allegedly tied to Georgian organized crime and cracked down on illegal migrants from the Caucasus Mountains nation.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad region bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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Russia warned on Friday that its plans to close military bases in Georgia were in doubt and Georgia claimed Russia was moving troops near their shared border, as relations between the countries deteriorated in one of their worst crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Georgian forces fired at an airplane they believed was Russian after it violated the Caucasus republic's airspace on Wednesday, a senior interior ministry official said.
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President Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row.
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Exasperated Georgians crowded at the capital's airport in disbelief Tuesday after Russia cut all travel links with the former Soviet republic in retaliation for detaining four of its military officers for espionage.
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The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said Sunday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases as tensions mount after the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying.
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Separatists threatened Friday to use force to stop Georgia's government from strengthening its control over a gorge on the edge of a breakaway territory.
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A Russian general has threatened a tough response if the United States goes ahead with a plan to site a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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A London-based Chechen rebel representative said Wednesday that Russia's threats to attack terrorists around the world amount to a warning to European countries that Russian forces could carry out assassinations on their soil.
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Russia may intervene in the Georgian region of Abkhazia if a crisis over the disputed election is not resolved.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin says Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers for spying is "state terror".
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Russia threw up a blockade against  Georgia on Monday after Tbilisi's release of four Russian  soldiers accused of spying failed to defuse the worst crisis in  years between the ex-Soviet neighbors.
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MOSCOW (CP) - War clouds are gathering over the former Soviet Caucasus region as Georgia's U.S.-backed President Mikheil Saakashvili moves to re-unite his fractured nation by pressuring two separatist provinces that have close ties to Russia.