Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Russia Sergey Mironov said on September 28 that the detention of Russian military officers charged with spying may be a sign that Tbilisi is preparing for “military actions,” Interfax news agency reported.

“History knows numerous examples when such acute inspiration with spy-mania, as it is in [now] Georgia, became a step in a country’s preparations for launching military actions,” Interfax quoted Mironov as saying.

“This is not just another manifestation of an anti-Russian stance by the Georgian leadership, but a purposeful and demonstrative provocation,” he added.