1.0 link 143827 <![CDATA[Sarkozy Chides Putin On Russian Tough Talk: "You Want To End Up Like Bush?"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/14/sarkozy-chides-putin-on-r_n_143827.html Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from being hanged "by the balls" -- a threat made last summer by Vladimir Putin, according to an account that emerged yesterday from the Elysee Palace.

The Russian Prime Minister had revealed his plans for disposing of Mr Saakashvili when Mr Sarkozy was in Moscow in August to broker a ceasefire in Georgia.

Jean-David Levitte, Mr Sarkozy's chief diplomatic adviser, reported the exchange in a news magazine before an EU-Russia summit today. The meeting will...

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