Russia says U.S.-Georgian military exercises could destabilize Caucasus

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that military exercises by the United States and neighboring Georgia later this month were a provocative step that could destabilize the Caucasus region. Russia said the exercises were scheduled for May 11-26 and that the United States was indulging the "revanchist desires of Tbilisi". Russia and Georgia fought a war in 2008 and Russia backs the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the Russian-Georgian border. (Reporting by Alexander Winning; editing by Ralph Boulton)