11.   Ivanov also said that Washington had not made a final decision to send military instructors to Georgia, Interfax reported.

12.   Russian concern over Abkhazia intensified following the U.S. announcement in February that it would send military instructors to Georgia to train troops in anti-terrorist techniques.

13.   Russia has demanded the immediate expulsion of an American military instructor detained earlier this month near a nuclear weapons plant in Siberia, the Foreign Ministry announced Saturday.

14.   Tensions have been raised further by the February announcement that U.S. military instructors would train Georgian troops in anti-terrorist techniques.

15.   Tensions have risen even more following the recent announcement that U.S. military instructors would launch a program to train Georgian troops in anti-terrorist techniques.

16.   The campaign is being backed by U.S. military instructors as part of a joint counterterrorism training exercise.

17.   The move comes amid growing U.S. influence in the former Soviet Union, and earlier this week American military instructors began a training course in anti-terrorism in neighboring Georgia.

18.   The military instructors also lecture them on drug dependency, moral leadership and human rights.

19.   The United States announced in February that it would send military instructors to help train Georgian troops to fight terrorists.

20.   The United States has announced plans to send military instructors to Georgia to train an anti-terrorist force.