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Russia Makes Accusations in Georgian Missile Incident
Russia responded again yesterday to Georgian accusations concerning the missile that was dropped on its territory on August 6. Russian Air Force chief of staff Igor Khvorov denied Russian involvement in the incident and called it a “crude provocation” that would be illogical for Russia to initiate. Khvorov spoke at a press conference, at which Russian Air Force chief aviation engineer Pavel Akulenok presented evidence that the incident was completely staged by Georgia.
Member of the Georgian parliament and cochairman of the Democratic Front faction David Berdzenishvili noted that both Georgian and foreign investigators have concluded that the missile came from Russia and commented for Kommersant that “We are not so strong and powerful as to deceive the whole world with our military technology.”
Chances of uncovering the truth behind the affair are dwindling as time passes. Even the OSCE has given up hope of it. OSCE representative Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived in Moscow yesterday to discuss the situation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The OSCE at first acknowledged that the airplane carrying the missile flew in from Russian territory, but OSCE press secretary Martin Nesirky later backpedaled considerably and said that it would be better to “look to the future” than to look for guilty parties.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Aug. 30, 2007
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