The Star MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia's security service said agents detained a spy allegedly recruited by Georgia to support insurgents in the restive North Caucasus, news agencies reported Friday, adding to escalating tension between the ex-Soviet republics. A Georgian official denied the allegation and called it part of a Russian "policy of provocation" aimed at Georgia, which is the focus of a struggle for regional influence between Moscow and the West. Russia's relations with Georgia are badly strained as the small country's U.S.-allied leader courts the West. Tensions have increased sharply...
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