Moscow: Shooting plotted by Georgia

Russia's foreign minister has suggested a shooting incident near a motorcade carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents was planned by Georgia to discredit Moscow and its allies, Russian media reported yesterday.

Nobody was hurt in the shooting on Sunday in Georgia, near territory controlled by Russian and separatist South Ossetian forces, but it has further increased tensions that have remain from the war in August between Russia and Georgia.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has blamed Russian troops for the gunfire that broke out as he and Polish President Lech Kaczynski traveled near a roadblock on the edge of the disputed territory.