One-third of Russians against country's military actions in Georgia

[Chris Doss]

One-third of Russians against country's military actions in Georgia - poll
MOSCOW. Aug 15 (Interfax)- Thirty-seven percent of Russians say that Russia 
should not launch any military actions in Georgia, while 25% believe that it 
is possible only if Georgia's authorities give their permission. Twenty 
percent of those polled said that military actions should take place on 
Georgia's territory irrespective of Georgina authorities' position.

   This data was unveiled on Thursday by the Public Opinion Foundation after 
a nationwide poll conducted on August 10, 2002 among 1,500 people.

   Russia's politicians have recently been discussing the possibility of 
holding a military operation against Chechen rebels and foreign mercenaries 
in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov suggested 
that Georgia itself would not be able to resolve this problem. For their 
part, Georgia's authorities said that they intent to tackle the problem on 
their own.

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