The FINANCIAL -- Chairman of the "United Russia", chair of the Russian state Duma (lower house of the parliament) Bois Gryzlov met the secessionist leaders of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh and South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, on 18 February the United Russia reports .

The FINANCIAL -- According to online magazine Civil Georgia, Georgia will respond "appropriately" to threats to its territorial integrity President Saakashvili said on February 18.