Russia's UN envoy accuses Georgia of provocations

NEW YORK, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia is increasing its military presence on the border with South Ossetia and Abkhazia and is carrying out provocations, which is destabilizing the situation in the region, Russia's envoy to the UN said Monday.

"Despite the presence of EU observers, the Georgian side is regularly carrying out provocations," Vitaly Churkin, who took over as UN Security Council chair at the beginning of the month, told journalists.