Russia denies alerting troops over political crisis in Georgia

YEREVAN. Nov 11 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday dismissed as "raving nonsense" a rumor that Russia has alerted its military bases in Georgia due to the current tension between that country's government and opposition.

"Russia is not taking part in seeking to resolve the political crisis in Georgia in any form," Ivanov told a news conference in Yerevan.