MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Russian authorities have ordered to suspend all postal, air, road, rail and sea links with Georgia, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.

    Russia's Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Communications jointly announced the move after President Vladimir Putin publicly denounced the arrest of four Russian military officers by Georgian authorities as "an act of state terrorism" on Sunday.

    Meanwhile, Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin said that Russian Railways Company will cancel a planned order of purchase for spare parts for electric locomotives from Georgia.

    "The Russian Railways Company was going to purchase spares for the direct-current VL-10 and VL-11 electric locomotives from the Ilyinsky railway cars repair works to the sum of about 100 million roubles (around 3.75 million dollars) in the fourth quarter of the current year," Yakunin said.

    "In the current situation, the board of directors recommended the top executive of the Company to act in accordance with market principles and to re-orientate the orders to Russian enterprises on the terms, which would be more advantageous for us," he said.

    In response, Georgia sarcastically called Russia's decision to suspend transport and postal links with Georgia "inadequate."

    Georgian Minister for Economic Development Irakli Chogovadze was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying, "We regret thisdecision of the Russian side and believe it is inadequate."

    Representatives of the "United National Movement," which is the ruling party in Georgia, told journalists that they "assess this decision of the Russian Federation as one more attempt to pressure Georgia."

    Parliament members from the party claimed "Russia is trying to force Georgia by these methods to renounce its policy of consolidating the country's independence, uniting the nation and joining the North Atlantic Alliance."

    According to a spokesman for Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, the four Russian officers, charged with conducting spying activities, will be handed over to the custody of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Monday. Enditem