On the one hand the charges. Moscow will want to overthrow the government in Tbilisi with a coup. Second, in response, the sarcasm. "I'm Crazy: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili must turn to a psychiatrist, "he said with a note, the Kremlin. War of words after the armed conflict last summer. Tension in the stars, a few hours after the start of the first NATO military maneuvers in Georgia. Clutches that are reflected directly on the climate and relations between Russia and the Atlantic Alliance after the relaxation sought (and obtained) by Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev in recent weeks. Although the tone is to be lowered, compared to normal at the time of the George W. Bush, in the end, but also between Brussels and Moscow on this occasion, have flown big words.
And Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said it would not participate the NATO-Russia Council, scheduled for May 19 next year. Officially, it is a "retaliation" the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from the North Atlantic, last week. In reality, the reasons for conflict remain the same: the Atlantic Alliance's relations with Georgia and Ukraine, the two republics "rebels" who, for Moscow, should not come under the full "western influence" because it was too close to the heart of ' former Soviet empire. So, as expected, the long-planned military exercises in Georgia, has become a slow-burning fuse. "At home, the tension was high all day" I keep telling Gogotishvili, journalist of Tbilisi, Rustavi 2 Television, one of the signatures that followed last summer's war in the front lines, risking their lives.
Two key episodes: the arrest by the security forces of the Ministry of Interior of some senior officers, accused of wanting to make a coup in league with the Russian special services. And then the mutiny - back after a few hours - a military unit in an army base near the Georgian capital. "According to authorities, the Russians have sought to prevent a coup by ordering NATO maneuvers" says Gogotishvili Tengo. "The Cold War with Moscow on the agenda, with the continuous attempts by the Kremlin to overthrow President Saakashvili. The Interior Ministry says it has evidence of preparations for the coup. The senior officers should have stopped the cause of the mutiny of the military in NATO military exercises that take the start tomorrow on Georgian territory, "the television journalist gloss. The Kremlin has responded firmly to the Georgian accusations. Inviting, in no uncertain terms, Mikheil Saakashvili to go and "cure".
"We are beginning to get used to the wild accusations made by political and military authorities of Georgia, that every time there is a storm say it's all Moscow's responsibility, "said the Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin. "In fact, a Georgian military unit rebelled during the day. An armored battalion based in Mukhrovani, according to Defence Minister David Sikharulidze, during the week announced its intention to disobey orders. " All day, people say I should Gogotishvili, continued negotiations between the government and alleged rebels until the "rebels" have capitulated and their commander was arrested. Only at the end of this mutiny, the tension in Georgia has slightly decreased. But is expected to rise.
Russia does not want at all costs that NATO put one foot in a country so close to its borders. In August, war broke out for control of the two self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russophile, that after the attack of Georgia and the Russian counter-offensive, has passed away, in fact, at the end of the conflict under the wings of the Kremlin. Now, the contrast is profound, relations are poisoned and the pro-American Mikheil Saakashvili is seen as a threat by Moscow. NATO seeks to sustain, albeit with less than detreminazione at the time of the Bush presidency. The Russian Bear does not want to let go. It will not.
source: http://blog.panorama.it/mondo/2009/05/05/russia-e-georgia-tensione-alle-stelle/
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