| September 2006 |
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Russian members of parliament at opposite ends of the political spectrum launched vitriolic attacks on the Georgian leadership Friday as relations deteriorated to the point where the specter of military action was raised. 
Russia has no plans to annex Georgian territory, the defense minister said Friday amid an escalating confrontation with Georgia over the detention of Russian officers on espionage charges. 
The Tbilisi City Court remanded four Russian servicemen accused of spying in custody for two months, a lawyer said Friday. 
The crew of the 13th expedition to the International Space Station has arrived at the space training center outside Moscow for post-flight recuperation, the Russian space agency said Friday. 
Police cordoned off the Georgian Embassy in Moscow Friday after young ultranationalists tried to hold an unsanctioned meeting near the building.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a security alliance between seven former Soviet republics, has urged Georgia to free four Russian servicemen detained in the country, the CSTO secretariat said Friday. 
Russia is concerned about the expansion of NATO's infrastructure in the new member states of the northern alliance, Russia's defense minister said. 
A senior Russian MP launched a vitriolic attack on the Georgian leadership Friday and called on Russia's government to use every available lever to pressure Tbilisi over an acrimonious espionage scandal. 



