Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which witnessed armed conflicts in the 1990s, have seen a rise in tensions with Tbilisi this year, ranging from air space violations by Georgian aircraft and drones to recent explosions in Abkhazia, to shootouts and the brief arrest of Georgian officers in South Ossetia.
The separatist regimes have accused Tbilisi, which is seeking to regain control over the regions, of being behind the attacks.
"There is increasingly more evidence that Georgia's leadership has embarked upon a path of deliberately exacerbating tensions with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and is aiming to disrupt peacekeeping structures which have been effective for one and a half decades in the region," the Russian Foreign Ministry statement said.
"Tbilisi's actions are a real threat to peace and stability in the South Caucasus, and could push the region to the verge of a new armed conflict that would have unpredictable consequences," the ministry's statement continued.
The statement also said that Georgia wanted to replace the Russian peacekeeping contingent, stationed in the conflict zones as the majority part of collective peacekeeping forces, with a force that would be more acceptable to pro-NATO Tbilisi.
The Foreign Ministry also criticized recent statements by U.S. Department of State officials, saying that, "Those who are trying hard, despite the facts, to ignore the danger and feel free to shield the provocateurs and shift the blame to Moscow, are doing the Georgian side a very bad service by enhancing its conviction that it has a free hand."
Washington has criticized Russia's actions in the region and has proposed deploying an international police force to replace Russian peacekeepers in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone.
Russia submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Tuesday on the situation in Georgia, voicing its concerns over Tbilisi's growing military presence near the conflict zones, seen by South Ossetia as evidence of plans for an all-out invasion.
Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed in the subsequent fighting. Hundreds of people were killed in South Ossetia in a similar scenario.
