Another related development:
Ukraine imposses a decree restricting the Russian Black Sea fleet, after Victor Yushchenko returned from a mass-raly in Georgia supporting Saakashvili. It just further underlines the clear and present danger a loose coalition of pro-western ex Soviet republics can pose to Russian ambitions of regaining the status of a reemerging superpower.
Also on that note
Poland and US sign the missile shield agreement. A similar deal
has already been put in place with Czech Republic. I personaly don't agree with these deals involving the US building missile shields on EU territory, but it's also a sign of the times and another hint why Russia would be so adamant trying to keep as much ex-Soviet territory pro-Russian as possible.