Russia accuses Georgia of 'capturing' soldier

AFP - Wednesday, January 28

TBILISI, Georgia (AFP) - - Russia on Tuesday accused Georgia of capturing one of its soldiers in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in the latest upsurge of tensions between the foes who fought a brief war in August.

Georgian officials countered that the soldier had asked for asylum due to "unbearable conditions" in the Russian army and even took him to the central Tbilisi branch of fast food chain McDonalds.

"An initial investigation has shown Alexander Glukhov was captured by Georgian armed forces in the Akhalgori region of South Ossetia and taken to Tbilisi," a Russian defence ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the RIA-Novosti and Interfax news agencies.

He said Glukhov was a conscript performing his compulsory military service.

The Georgian interior ministry said in a statement in Tbilisi that the soldier had surrendered to Georgian police and requested Georgian citizenship because of "unbearable conditions" in the Russian military

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I believe Georgia on this instance.

I hope not. There are enough problems to deal with right now for Russia and Georgia to go at it again.