“EU leaders are considering sanctions ‘and many other means’ against Russia over the Georgia crisis, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said. But he said he hoped the matter would ‘be solved by negotiation.’ Moscow’s military action in Georgia and its recognition of independence for rebel regions has angered the West. … Russia’s foreign minister described talk of sanctions, which correspondents say Mr Kouchner ruled out earlier this week, as an emotional response that demonstrated Western confusion over the situation.” (08/28/08)