A close confidant of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Wednesday pointed the finger at Russian involvement in a car bomb that killed three policemen in the Black Sea state. Saakashvili himself has described Tuesday\'s attack in the town of Gori as a \"political act of terrorism\" planned by Georgia\'s enemies and prepared outside the country. But he did not accuse his giant northern neighbor of involvement. However Giga Bokeria, a key decision-maker in the Georgian leadership who also serves on parliament\'s defense and judicial committees, told Reuters there was little doubt elements in Russia were behind the attack. \"When we talk about the forces outside the country that could prepare this act of terror, there\'s no question that we are talking about specific forces in Russia,\" he told Reuters. The bomb exploded outside the police headquarters in Gori, the birthplace of Josef Stalin, which lies just outside Georgia\'s rebel province of South Ossetia, where peacekeepers from Georgia, Russia and the Russian region of North Ossetia keep watch over an uneasy peace. There was no official suggestion that Russia was suspected of involvement in the Gori bomb -- the worst attack since Saakashvili came to power a year ago. But Bokeria\'s finger-pointing marks a step back for relations, just a week after Georgia unveiled an autonomy plan for South Ossetia. Bokeria said Gori was deliberately chosen to make it look like Ossetian separatists -- who exchanged fire with Georgian peacekeepers for two weeks last year -- were behind the attack. \"We shouldn\'t be deceived by the place chosen for this act of terror. We don\'t think it in any way implies that the South Ossetian leadership was involved in this crime.\" South Ossetian officials condemned the attack and denied any involvement. (Reuters)