Second Russian soldier defects, Georgia says
A second Russian soldier has defected from his unit in breakaway South Ossetia and asked for asylum in Georgia, Georgia said on Thursday.
Georgia, Tbilisi, 20 June / Trend News corr N. Kirtskhalia/ ``Russia tries to involve Georgia in a military conflict in Abkhazia,'' Grigol Vashadze, Assistant Foreign Minister of Georgia, said to journalists when commenting on military trainings which Russian peacekeepers have commenced in Abkhazia.