91.   Georgia has accused Russian peacekeepers of being too sympathetic to the separatists during fighting in May between the separatists and militia groups that support Georgian central government.

92.   Georgia has repeatedly accused Russian peacekeepers of siding with Abkhazians and failing to ensure the safe return of refugees.

93.   Georgia has welcomed Russian peacekeepers, but President Eduard Shevardnadze and lawmakers have recently accused Moscow of backing separatists in the Black Sea province.

94.   Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze on Monday criticized Russian peacekeepers deployed in Abkhazia for failing to ensure the return of Georgian refugees to the maritime province.

95.   Georgian news reports said Friday that the Russian peacekeepers commander Gen. Dorian Babenkov has submitted his resignation.

96.   Georgian presidential adviser Levon Aleksidze said a decision on the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeepers would be made at the next summit in the fall.

97.   Gunmen fired grenades and automatic weapons Saturday at an armored vehicle, wounding seven Russian peacekeepers, an official said.

98.   Having returned from a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the Abkhazian issue, Irakly Menagarishvili insisted that Georgia is dissatisfied with the performance of Russian peacekeepers.

99.   He said the group was seeking to exchange them for two Georgians caught last week after a fire fight with Russian peacekeepers and kept in Abkhaz custody since.

100.   He said withdrawing Russian peacekeepers could further destabilize the Caucasus region.