GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES" ACTIONS CAN LEAD TO WAR, SERGEY MIRONOV SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.09.2006 13:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The actions of the Georgian authorities can lead to
war, said Speaker of the Russian Federation Council Sergey Mironov. In
his words, in history similar attacks of espionage-mania have served
as a start for launching military operations. Meanwhile, according to
the latest data, Georgia produced formal accusation to four Russian
military, who were detained earlier, reports Lenta.ru.

To remind, on September 27 evening in Tbilisi and Batumi four Russian
military were detained. Two other officers were arrested later. One
of them, first sergeant Ruslan Skrylnikov was released on September
29 night. According to Shota Khizanishvili, the administration
head at the Georgian Ministry of Interior, Skrylnikov is a Georgian
citizen. Another prisoner, Amir Aslanyan, is a Georgian citizen too and
"he is not ranked among the detained Russian officers." Khizanashvili
confirmed that lieutenant colonel Alexander Sava, lieutenant colonel
Dmitry Kazantsev, lieutenant colonel Alexander Baranov and captain
Alexander Zavgorodnev have been accused of espionage. Besides,
similar accusations were brought against 11 Georgian citizens,
who are Armenians, said Chief of the RA Armed Forces General Staff
Mikael Harutyunyan.