After four Russian officers were detained in Tbilisi and charged with espionage last week, Russia suspended travel, postal links with Georgia and threatened to freeze banking transactions with the southern neighbor. The sanctions remained in force even though Georgia released the Russian officers Monday.
The draft statement of the State Duma said Russia had every right to impose more sanctions against Georgia in the circumstances in the interests of national security and the safety and health of Russian citizens.
The document also said "the anti-Russian policy" of Georgia's authorities threatened stability and security in the Caucasus, and violated human rights and democratic principles in Georgia.
The parliamentarians referred to massive arrests of opposition representatives in the South Caucasus country as an example, and to the "unsubstantiated arrest" of Russian officers last week.
After President Mikheil Saakashvili came to power in Georgia in 2004, he has declared accession to NATO and the European Union his priority targets.
As part of the plan, Georgian authorities have been seeking to expel Russian peacekeepers from Georgia's two breakaway republics - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - and to replace them with an international contingent.
The Duma's draft statement accuses Georgian authorities of open blackmailing and provocations against Russian peacekeepers in Georgia's conflict zones.
"These actions [of Georgian authorities] can be qualified as government-sponsored terrorism with all the ensuing conclusions and consequences," the document said, adding that such policy was in conflict with the interests of Georgian people and could have a negative effect on the future of the country.
