22:39, 14 November 2006

Georgia accuses Russia of fascism

Georgia has compared Moscow's actions towards Georgians with persecutions of Jews in Germany in 1930s, the Reuters reports.

Georgiy Baramidze, Georgian State Secretary for Euro-Atlantic integration matters, told to the press conference in Brussels: "Russia is exhibiting an absolutely unacceptable behaviour by pursuing the policy of ethnic cleansings and using xenophobic rhetoric."

Earlier in November, Mikhail Saakashvili, president of Georgia, has already compared persecution of Georgians with that of Jews, the "Gazeta.Ru" writes.

The Russian Federation has earlier suspended the air, railway, automobile and postal communications with Georgia. The sanctions followed the espionage scandal that burst out in Georgia on September 27; then, messages started to appear on numerous oppression cases of Georgian natives by representatives of power structures. Within several recent weeks, several hundreds illegal immigrants have been deported to Georgia.