(20 Sep 2002)
1. Wide shot of demonstration near the Georgian embassy
2. Exterior of Georgian embassy
3. Georgian flag
4. Various of protesters with anti-Georgian posters
7. Close-up of poster reading, "No Shelter to Terrorists"
8. Mid shot of two demonstrators
9. Close-up of flags
10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Nikolai Nikolayev, United Russia Party activist
"Russian and Georgian people are brothers. We support our president's statement on fighting international terrorism and we condemn the policies carried out by the Georgian leadership, headed by Eduard Shevardnadze, aimed at providing shelter for terrorists in the Pankisi Gorge."
11. Wide shot of demonstration
12. Demonstrators handing over a petition to embassy officials
13. Wide shot of demonstration
STORYLINE:
About one hundred activists from the pro-government United Russia Party have staged a demonstration near the Georgian embassy in Moscow to protest against what they call the former Soviet republic's "policy of harbouring terrorists".
Moscow maintains that hundreds of Chechen rebels have found refuge in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge from where they have been launching raids into Russian territory.
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has ordered an "anti-criminal operation" in the area, but Russia wants to send its own troops there to wipe out suspected bases of Chechen rebels.
United Russia supports Russian President Vladimir Putin's policy of putting pressure on Georgia to agree to a Russian military presence in the Pankisi Gorge.
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