The Republic of Georgia’s government voiced new worries on Wednesday that recent terrorist bombings in Moscow will be used as a pretext for renewed aggression by Russian forces against the country.
Meanwhile, Islamist rebels from the Russian enclave of Chechnya claimed credit for Sunday’s subway suicide bombings, which killed 39 people, as two more terrorist bombings in Russia’s North Caucasus claimed 12 lives.
In an interview with The Washington Times, Giga Bokeria, Georgia’s deputy foreign minister, said he was concerned by recent comments from senior Russian officials suggesting that Georgia was behind the Moscow subway blasts carried out by two female suicide bombers who blew themselves up during the rush-hour attacks.
“I hope it is not the case, but these allegations certainly raise alarms that Russia would use the subway attacks as a pretext to target Georgia,” Mr. Bokeria said by telephone from Geneva.
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