{"id":5617,"date":"2012-09-28T20:01:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2012-09-28T20:01:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T00:01:59","slug":"georgian-government-warns-of-russian-build-up-as-election-nears-the-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/28\/georgian-government-warns-of-russian-build-up-as-election-nears-the-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgian government warns of Russian build up as election nears &#124; The Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Josh Rogin<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As Georgians head to the polls Monday, analysts are warning that rising tensions could boil over just as the Russian military is conducting exercises near the de facto border line&#8230;&#8230;The European Union&#8217;s monitoring mission, which patrols the administrative boundary between Georgia and the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhasia and South Ossetia, noted in its most recent report that while the observers saw no movement of military equipment on the Georgian side that could be perceived as instigating an attack, the Russian forces on the other side of the boundary line are increasing&#8230;&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/thecable.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2012\/09\/28\/georgian_government_warns_of_russian_build_up_as_election_nears'>Georgian government warns of Russian build up as election nears | The Cable<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josh Rogin As Georgians head to the polls Monday, analysts are warning that rising tensions could boil over just as the Russian military is conducting exercises near the de facto border line&#8230;&#8230;The European Union&#8217;s monitoring mission, which patrols the administrative boundary between Georgia and the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhasia and South Ossetia, noted in &hellip; 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