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The 2006 Georgian–Russian espionage controversy began when the Government of Georgia arrested four Russian officers on charges of espionage, on September 27, 2006. The Western and Georgian media sources report that relations between the two post-Soviet nations have significantly deteriorated after Georgia and NATO agreed to hold talks on closer relations.〔(''Putin fury at Georgia 'terrorism ) The BBC News, October 1, 2006.〕 ==Background== Russian-Georgian relations have largely been reported as tense after the November 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia brought the pro-Western reformist leader Mikheil Saakashvili to power.〔〔( ''Putin renews Georgia withdrawal'' ), The Australian – Breaking News, October 2, 2006.〕 The 2006 gas pipeline explosions and the Russian ban of Georgian wines and mineral waters were interpreted by many as the means of the Government of Russia's pressure on the Georgian leadership for the country's close ties with NATO and the United States.〔(''Georgia Offers To Help Repair Damaged Russian Pipeline'' ), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, January 25, 2006.〕〔(''Wine blockade by Kremlin drawing fire'' ), The International Herald Tribune, April 6, 2006.〕 The recent disruption of the ''Status quo ante'' in the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia led to a further downturn in the already tensed Russian-Georgian relations. In July 2006, the Georgian police and security forces took control of the Kodori Valley, hitherto controlled by the local Georgian militias led by the defiant commander Emzar Kvitsiani. Georgian officials claimed that the Russian security services were behind the 2006 Kodori crisis,〔(''Moscow Unleashes a Mountain Chieftain against Georgia'' ), Eurasia Daily Monitor, July 25, 2006.〕 while Russian and Abkhaz authorities accused Georgia of violation of the previous ceasefire agreements by deploying an armed force in the Valley.〔( ''Separatists: Georgia violated most important agreements'' ), The Georgian Times, October 10, 2006.〕 In September 2006, the area was officially renamed ''Upper Abkhazia'' by the Georgian government and declared to be the "temporary administrative center" of Abkhazia until the conflict is resolved.〔(''Tbilisi Turns Kodori into 'Temporary Administrative Center' of Abkhazia'' ), Civil Georgia, September 27, 2006.〕 Continuous anti-Russian statements by the Georgian government,〔(''Georgia: Power Cut'' ), British Helsinki Human Rights Group, March 6, 2005.〕 such as the September 2006 speech by President Saakashvili in Poland, were interpreted by some Russian media sources as depicting Russia as the "barbarous tribe of Huns".〔(''Saakashvili depicted Russia as barbarous tribe of Huns at economic forum in Poland'' ), Regnum News Agency, September 7, 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 Georgian–Russian espionage controversy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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