Russia's position is that status issues must be discussed at the third stage of talks within the Joint Group.

If the upcoming discussion in London and Vienna and other talks over this theme go off normally, the holding of such negotiations in Moscow in mid-February is possible.

We have never said we would be in this position [third] in the first place at this stage of the season. But now that we are there we are going to try to stay there.

We cannot confine the talks to security issues, ... All issues should be discussed with Ross in order to reach positive results.

Georgia is a sovereign state that decides on its own in what organization it should be represented.

In the documents given to the Russian side by the Volcker Commission, there is no base of evidence, and they (the documents) could not be the basis for starting an investigation. Moreover, individual materials give doubts as to their authenticity.