The Russian Foreign Ministry has described as “hysteria and bacchanalia” Georgian officials’ pronouncements on the explosions of gas pipelines in North Ossetia. Russia “is trying to minimize the consequences for Georgian residents, while Tbilisi is making comments, which cannot be described other than hysteria and bacchanalia,” the ministry said. Members of the Georgian administration “have used the occasion for escalating the anti-Russian campaign. This hysteria accompanies provocative acts against Russian servicemen,” the ministry said. “If Tbilisi has decided to totally spoil relations with Russia, they might have assessed consequences of this policy,” the ministry said. (Itar-Tass)