US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the United States and Europe must "stand up to" Russian aggression and convey to Moscow that it was on a path of international isolation.
In a speech outlining US policy on Russia following last month's invasion of Georgia, Rice warned that Russia cannot be allowed to intimidate neighbours and act outside the rules of global affairs. US-Russian relations have deteriorated in recent years in disputes over US plans to base a missile-defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Western backing for Kosovo's independence earlier this year from traditional Russian ally Serbia, and NATO's eastward expansion. Rice faulted Russia for using oil and petrol supplies as a "political weapon" against European neighbours and threatening Warsaw and Prague for hosting missile-defence bases.
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