THE AUDACITY OF TYRANNY: RUSSIA - CALLING FOR AN ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST GEORGIA - IS BASICALLY TRYING TO TELL US WHICH ALLIES WE CAN SUPPORT

BBC:

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said further Western support for Georgia's present leadership would be a mistake of historic magnitude.

Mr Lavrov called for an embargo on arms supplies to Georgia until a different government was in place there.

He was speaking ahead of an emergency EU summit on the Georgian crisis.

Speaking in Moscow, Mr Lavrov said Russia had returned to the world stage as a responsible state which could defend its citizens.

He warned the US and its allies that supporting the government of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili would be a historic mistake, and called for an arms embargo "while a different government turns Georgia into a normal state".

"To protect the region from the recurrence of violence, Russia will continue taking measures to punish the guilty, so that this regime is never able to do evil," he added.

Mr Lavrov's comments follow Mr Medvedev's redefining of Russia's foreign policy principles.

WE MUST DO WHAT IS RIGHT, AND NOT APPEASE PUTIN WHAT HE FEELS IS IN RUSSIA INTEREST.