PEACE IN GEORGIA

By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent BBC News website

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lays out 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.