| October 2006 |
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Georgia released four Russian officers arrested last week on espionage charges to the world's largest regional security organization Monday, but the continuing spat with Moscow deteriorated as Russia suspended transport links with its southern neighbor. 
The secretary of Russia's Security Council will hold talks with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran on Tuesday, the council's press service said Monday. 
"I rule out any military steps from Russia but we are not afraid of them," Mikheil Saakashvili told.
Russian Railways (RZD) said Monday it was suspending rail travel between Moscow and Tbilisi October 3 following the government's decision to put a temporary ban on all transportation links with its southern neighbor after an espionage scandal. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned any third country against encouraging Georgia to pursue a destructive policy in a telephone conversation Monday with his American counterpart, the Kremlin press service said. 
Four Russian servicemen arrested in Georgia last week on spying charges have been handed over to representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 
Moscow welcomes the end of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon and hopes that both sides will fulfill UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesman said Monday. 
Georgia's president is meeting with the chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Tbilisi to discuss Georgia's ongoing diplomatic row with Russia. 
The Russian Federal Migration Service said Monday that 13 Georgian nationals have been detained and will be deported from Moscow for violating immigration rules. 
Moscow and Tbilisi can repair bilateral relations if Russia accepts Georgia as an independent state as it did other former members of the Soviet bloc, Georgia's West-leaning leader said Monday. 



