Posted on 12/08/2003 2:14:07 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:10:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Saturday Moscow believed the United States might have planned for Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze's ouster weeks before a peaceful revolution toppled him.
Ivanov also harshly criticized Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for saying during a visit to Tbilisi Friday that Moscow was in breach of its obligation to withdraw forces from Georgia, and suggested Rumsfeld was ignorant of the essence of the deal he was speaking about.
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