BBC: European Union leaders have agreed to suspend talks on a new partnership agreement with Moscow until Russian troops have withdrawn from Georgia.
EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it was clear it could not "continue as if nothing had happened", after an emergency summit in Brussels.
The EU also condemned Russia's move to recognise the independence of Georgia's regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Russia said the talks suspension had damaged the credibility of the bloc.
"It is more of a self-punishment for the European Union because this does not improve the EU's credibility as a negotiating partner," Russia's envoy to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the EU and the US that further support for Georgia would be a "historic" mistake.
Mr Lavrov also called for an embargo on arms supplies to Tbilisi until a different government was in place there.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, meanwhile said it was prepared to send hundreds of civilian monitors to Georgia to check if Russia was abiding by the EU-brokered ceasefire agreement. EU Suspends Talks on Russia Pact >>> | September 1, 2008
DIE PRESSE:
EU legt Russland-Abkommen auf Eis: Europas Regierungschefs fordern als Bedingung für neuen Pakt den Abzug der Russen aus Georgien >>> Von Regina Pöll | 1. September 2008
LE FIGARO:
L'UE gèle les négociations avec Moscou: Les 27 ont annoncé le report des négociations sur un partenariat renforcé avec la Russie, lundi, lors du sommet extraordinaire sur la Géorgie >>> lefigaro.fr avec AFP | 01.09.2008
BBC:
New Russian World Order: The Five Principles: In the aftermath of the Georgian conflict, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has laid down five principles that he says will guide Russian foreign policy.
The new Moscow rules are not a blueprint for a new "Cold War". That was a worldwide ideological and economic struggle. This is much more about defending national interests. >>> By Paul Reynolds, World affairs correspondent BBC News website | September 1, 2008
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