Russian MP: Tbilisi to Escalate Tension in South Ossetia

MP Andrey Kokoshin, who chairs the Committee for CIS Affairs of the Russian lower house of Parliament, told RIA Novosti on February 8 that the Georgian authorities have not abandoned their plans over a forceful resolution to the South Ossetian conflict yet.

?There are numerous signs which confirm that Tbilisi is far from rejecting its plans over a forceful settlement of the South Ossetian problem. It is not ruled out that Tbilisi will try to escalate tensions in South Ossetia by spring,? RIA Novosti quotes Kokoshin as saying.