Georgian court orders four Russian "spies" held

TBILISI, Sep 29 (Reuters) A Georgian court ruled today that four Russian servicemen accused of spying will be held under arrest for at least two months despite Moscow's demand they be freed.

In two separate sessions the court also formally charged the officers, whose detention sparked a new crisis in uneasy relations between pro-Western Georgia and its old master Russia, with spying.

The court also charged with high treason seven Georgian nationals, who were detained in conjunction with the spying scandal, and ordered them held under arrest for two months.

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