Russia Accuses West Of Warship Provocation

U.S. humanitarian aid is unloaded from USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet, in the Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti September 6, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday accused the West of acting provocatively in and around the Black Sea, where NATO is amassing warships to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (GEORGIA)

From Reuters:

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the West on Saturday of acting provocatively in and around the Black Sea, where the United States is using warships to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia.

"I wonder how they would feel if we now dispatched humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean, suffering from a hurricane, using our navy," Medvedev said, adding that a whole U.S. fleet had been dispatched to deliver the aid.

The United States has used warships to ferry relief supplies to Georgia after the brief but intense war with Russia in early August, in part to send a signal to Moscow.

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Update: US unloads aid to Georgia, Russians eye every move -- Yahoo News/AP

My Comment: This news is for Russian public consumption only. The U.S. Navy is permitting Russian forces to inspect the cargo that is being delivered to the Georgian Port of Poti, so I am sure that the russian Government has a very good idea of what is being delivered.

What annoys the Russian Government is the unprecedented appearance of U.S. and other Nato warships in the Black Sea. From the Russian point of view, it is like having Russian War ships (with Canadian blessing) sailing in Lake Superior, I am sure that the American public and government would be concerned.