'Perfect Storm' Brewing in Georgia ; Rising Tension with Russia Serves Interests of Both Governments

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The bitter dispute that erupted last month between Russia and Georgia is a "perfect storm" of mutual suspicion and hostility in which both sides have their reasons for escalating the tension, regional security analysts say.

Russia-Georgia relations, never good in the best of times, have plummeted after Moscow's harsh reaction to the Sept. 27 arrest and expulsion of four Russian soldiers in Tbilisi on espionage charges.

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'Perfect Storm' Brewing in Georgia ; Rising Tension with Russia Serves Interests of Both Governments

Russia cut mail and transportation links to Georgia and deported scores of Georgians for purported immigration-law violations. There also have been reports of intimid...

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