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Article: Georgia, Russia step back from fears of a new war
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Despite rising tensions and slashing
rhetoric as the first anniversary of the Russian war approaches, top
officials in Tbilisi and Moscow downplay the likelihood of renewed
fighting -- but for deeply different reasons.
The deputy chief of Russia's general staff says Georgia is too
weak after the war that devastated its military and caused an
estimated $1 billion damage to the struggling country.
Georgia's national security adviser, however, says the danger of
new fighting appears low because of "preventive diplomacy" and
because Russia knows a new war would undermine its influence among
neighbors and rapprochement with the West.
In the two weeks ahead of the Friday ...