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Warsaw, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that to end the conflict between Russia and Georgia the authorities in Tbilisi must give up their "anti-Russian policy," the PAP news agency reported.

"Steps must be taken. But above all they must be taken by the authorities in Georgia which must give up their anti-Russian policy and try to seek a peaceful solution of the conflict," the Russian minister told reporters in Warsaw on Thursday.

Relations have been worsened considerably between Tbilisi and Moscow when last week the Georgian authorities detained four Russian officers and accused them of spying.

Russia then recalled its ambassador to Georgia and imposed economic sanctions on the country.

All detained Russian officers have been released. Enditem

MOSCOW, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Thursday denied the Russian foreign minister's claim that Georgia was pursuing an anti-Russian policy.

During a trip to Poland, the top Russian diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, said earlier in the day that Georgian authorities must give up their "anti-Russian policy" in order to solve all the problems between the two countries. Full story>>¡¡

Putin warns Georgia over spying row

¡¡¡¡MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that he would not allow provocations and blackmail targeting his country from Georgia, in comments on the dispute with the Caucasus nation over its detention of Russian officers.

"I would not advise anybody to speak to Russia in the future using the language of provocations and blackmail," Putin said at a meeting in the Kremlin with leaders of parliamentary factions, the Interfax news agency reported. Full story>>