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Titolo: Putin pledges measured response to NATO warships in Black Sea

Putin pledges measured response to NATO warships in Black Sea 
20:14 | 02/ 09/ 2008 
 
 
MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on
Tuesday Russia will respond calmly to the presence of NATO warships in the
Black Sea.  
"Our response will be calm, not hysterical, but there will definitely be a
response," Putin said. 
NATO sent a number of ships, including U.S. warships, into the Black Sea
after Russia completed its operation "to force Georgia to peace" on August
12. 
The operation came as a response to Georgia's attack on South Ossetia on
August 8. 
The U.S. has delivered millions of dollars of what it says is humanitarian
aid to its ally Georgia. Russia has however questioned the nature of the
deliveries. 
"If the talk is about humanitarian aid to one of the parties to the
conflict, I believe that...it should go to the victims of aggression, that
is to South Ossetia," Putin said, adding that it was unclear why warships
were needed to carry humanitarian aid. 
Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Colonel General Anatoly
Nogovitsyn also said on Tuesday that Russia was concerned over the
presence of the five NATO warships in the Black Sea. 
Moscow recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states on
August 26, and Putin said it was not that significant for Russia that no
other country had so far followed suit. Western countries have condemned
the move as an "irresponsible decision." 
Russia said that the decision was taken to protect the region following
Georgia's attack on South Ossetia during which hundreds of civilians were
killed and thousands forced to flee the devastated region. 
Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told journalists Tuesday that he hoped the
republic would be recognized by another 10-11 states. 
The Russian premier also said there were no Russian troops in Georgia,
including in Poti. "There are no Russian troops on Georgian soil - there
are only peacekeeping forces," Putin said. 
A number of Western countries have accused Russia of failing to withdraw
troops from Georgia in line with a peace plan agreed on by Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy.
Moscow has repeatedly said it had withdrawn all troops from the area by
August 22. 
Putin also said the joint statement signed by European Union leaders at
Monday's summit showed that relations with Europe would develop despite
the Georgia conflict. 
EU leaders, meeting in Brussels to discuss the situation in Georgia,
condemned Russia's actions in the recent conflict, but stopped short of
sanctions. 
"Thank God, common sense prevailed. We do not see any extreme conclusions
or proposals, and this is very good," the Russian premier said. "We have a
foundation to continue dialogue with our European partners." 
Putin complained that EU leaders failed to condemn Georgia's aggression,
but noted that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had spoken of "the
[Mikheil] Saakashvili regime" at a press conference. 
"No one talks of 'the Sarkozy regime' about the French political system,
or 'the Merkel regime' about Germany, and no one says 'the Brown regime'
about Britain, but regarding Georgia 'the Saakashvili regime' did not
sound unusual," Putin said. 
"This means [Georgia] is not a democratic state, and there is a regime of
personal power ... There is and can be nothing democratic in its nature,"
he said, adding that this provides "certain points of mutual
understanding" for Russia and the EU that "can be put forward as a
foundation for further dialogue." 
President Medvedev said on Tuesday he regrets the EU does not have a "full
understanding" of Russia's actions to repel Georgian aggression. "This is
sad, but not fatal, because everything in this world is changing," he told
Euronews. 
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di al tuo amico Putin di andare un po' più in fretta perchè potremmo pure 
non accorgerci della calma risposta russa... 

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