WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Russia pressed the United States on Wednesday to choose between "a real partnership" with Moscow or an "illusory" relationship with U.S. ally Georgia. Washington said it's sticking with Georgia. "As to choosing, the United States has made very clear that it is standing by the democratically elected government of Georgia," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday. She spelled out the Bush administration's stance after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Georgia's government "a special project for the United States." "And we are aware that the U.S. is uptight about this project," Lavrov said in remarks broadcast on Russian television. "But a choice will have to be made someday between considerations of prestige related to an illusory project and a real partnership in matters which indeed require collective efforts."
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NEW: Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. must choose between Russia, Georgia
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NEW: Rice: Any cease-fire violation would risk Russia's status as partner
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NEW: Russian military action in Georgia "must stop now," Rice says
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Bush warns Russia not to interfere with humanitarian shipments
Bush said reports he had received were contrary to @placeholder assurances that it had halted military operations.
Russia has likely moved additional troops into the disputed Georgian provinces and into @placeholder proper over the past several days, several administration officials told CNN on Wednesday.
Rice spoke after Bush's announcement that @placeholder aircraft and ships would deliver humanitarian aid to victims of the fighting.