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Titolo: Russia building up troop in separatist Georgian regions

Russia building up troop in separatist Georgian regions
Russia building up troops in separatist Georgian regions
JIM HEINTZ
AP News
Apr 29, 2008 16:03 EST
Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday it is building up troop contingents
in two separatist regions of Georgia because of provocative actions by the
former Soviet republic.
Details of the buildup have not been specified, but the announcement adds
to tensions between the small Caucasus country and its giant neighbor. It
also raises fears of a renewal of the fighting that broke out in the
regions after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Georgia cut off talks with Russia about Moscow's efforts to join the World
Trade Organization in protest of Russian ties to the breakaway regions
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a top negotiator said Tuesday.
The regions seek either independence or absorption into Russia.
Russia has peacekeeping forces in both, but Georgia contends the troops
support the separatists.
Tensions have spiraled in recent weeks with Georgia pushing for NATO
membership and Russia calling for closer contact with the separatist
regions. Earlier this month, Georgia accused Russia of shooting down its
unmanned reconnaissance plane flying over Abkhazia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Georgia has been
concentrating troops near the regions and "this prompted the need for a
forced increase in the conflict zones of the peacemaking contingents."
Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze said Russia had decided to send
in extra forces without consulting Tbilisi.
"That is a very, very dangerous decision," Bakradze told The Associated
Press by telephone from Luxembourg, Belgium, where European Union foreign
ministers were meeting their Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. "They did
it by violating all legal procedures."
EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said Moscow's decision to send more
peacekeepers to the area was unwise and urged Russia to show restraint.
But Lavrov said Moscow must protect the regions' Russian speakers and that
if Georgia takes military action against the secessionist regions, "Russia
will have to take retaliatory actions."
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has vowed to bring Abkhazia and
South Ossetia under government control peacefully.
Lavrov accused Georgia of seeking war. He said the country has secretly
"acquired a huge number of offensive armaments" and that he presented EU
officials with documented evidence of that.
Russia's Defense Ministry said the build-up measures include creating 15
additional observation posts along the Georgia-Abkhazia administrative
border. The measures are within limits set earlier by the Commonwealth of
Independent States, a grouping of former Soviet republics that includes
both Russia and Georgia, the ministry said.
However, Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze said Tuesday that
Russia had sent several armored troop carriers to the area near the town
of Gagra, which is well inside Abkhazia.
"It is categorically unacceptable when Russia takes such steps without
agreement from the Georgia side," he said.
Earlier Tuesday, Georgia announced it had cut off talks with Russia over
Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization in protest at its ties
to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Decisions at WTO, a 151-member trade bloc, are made by consensus, so
Georgia has a de-facto right of veto over Russia's entry. Russia, which is
the only major economy outside the WTO, must also reach agreement with
Saudi Arabia before it can join.
The talks will resume "only if Russia cancels the decision by President
Vladimir Putin establishing direct links with the authorities of the
separatist regimes of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," Georgian negotiator
Tamara Kovziridze told The Associated Press.
Lithuania meanwhile on Tuesday blocked EU plans to develop closer ties
with Russia, in part over Moscow's dispute with Georgia.
___
Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Luxembourg, Paul Ames in
Brussels, Belgium, and Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili in Tbilisi, Georgia,
contributed to this report.
Source: AP News 
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Per i georgiani sarà un'ecatombe, se applicheranno come dico io una foza 
massiccia in pochissimo tempo e con obbiettivi certi (rispedire la 
Georgia all'eta della pietra) il successo sarà assicurato

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Georgia, Georgia,
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
I said Georgia
Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
I said Georgia,
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

 Russia building up troops in separatist Georgian regions
la Russia cerca guai... 

Pytheas ha scritto:
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ROTFL

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La Russia cerca il suo Kosovo...soltanto che in questo modo andrà a cozzare 
con il fatto che la Georgia è prossima candidata ad entrare nella Nato. Non 
escludo, nel caso la Russia voglia "strafare", una nuova "guerra di 
Crimea"...
Probabile che la Russia voglia fare la voce grossa visto il repentino 
avvicinamento della Serbia alla UE...è ancora da vedere ma sarebbe un bel 
cavallo di Troia in meno per l'Occidente se la Serbia passasse 
definitivamente da questa parte...in questo senso Kosovo e Montenegro 
rappresentano stati cuscinetto per evitare che una Serbia ospitante truppe 
russe possa far arrivare Mosca un giorno in Adriatico...Vedo altresi i 
recenti accordi tra Serbia e Gazprom come un ostacolo...ma del resto li ha 
fatti anche l'ENI...:-))
Non credo che Berlusconi, se si arrivasse veramente ad uno scontro, 
preferirebbe l'amicizia con Putin all'alleanza con la Nato...almeno lo 
spero... :-) 

 preferirebbe l'amicizia con Putin all'alleanza con la Nato..
la Nato non ha nessun titolo per intervenire in Georgia.

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forse non la Nato in quanto tale...ma i suoi membri principali potrebbero 
farlo. La Russia ha forse dei titoli per intervenire contro la Georgia? 

 farlo.
a che titolo?

 farlo.
LoL

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se la Georgia venisse attaccata chiederebbe subito aiuto all'occidente ed in 
particolar modo alla Nato...diciamo quindi...su richiesta :-) 

Pytheas ha scritto:
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e l'occidente si metterebbe a far guerra con la seconda potenza nucleare 
del pianeta per la Georgia...

 russe possa far arrivare Mosca un giorno in Adriatico..
Sì come no, con le truppe del gran Khan Ogodai.

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la Georgia ha una posizione strategica rilevante...nel Caucaso tra Iran e 
Turchia...e vicino al petrolio... 

Pytheas ha scritto:
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tutto al mondo è rilevante e strategico anche lo Zimbabwe, ergo nulla è 
troppo rilevante e strategico.

Metternich dalla tomba dice che è assolutamente d'accordo con te.
oh...quale onore ;-)))