if they are handing out passports in the crimea then an invasion of crimea looks inevitable>

If ppl take Russian passports it means they like'em. Wanna stop us? Go to Crimea and give out British passports. Crimea will then immediately join NATO as an independent state without waiting for Ukraine

Zloy Tugarine, Moscow, Russia

Silly speech from a tweenager! Can UK afford another front? Who are they going to "draft" in to fight the ground war as Russia is not Afghanistan or Iraq. Draft in people on benefits and incapacity?

James, Syracuse,

Sir,

How many toy divisions has the boy Miliband ? Stalin would not be impressed. Nor will Putin.

Bill Leslie, London, England

Milliband should make company with Brown out of government. It was a very ill-judged speech to lecture Russia.
Milliband is an embarressment for our nation.

Peter, Southampton, Southampton, UK

Jim, Phoenix. When did the UK fold previously?
Howard, Basildon. The first shells came from South Ossetia.
On the basis of what Russia is doing, all we need to do in Zimbabwe is hand out a few GB Passports, then we can invade with impunity.

David Leslie, Perth, Scotland

Silly words in the wrong place at the wrong time. Georgia a democracy? That democrat Saakashvili was bashing the heads of his citizens just a few months ago. Yuschenko Ukrainian? Only 7% support him at home, he is just an US puppet. Half of Ukraine is Russian, why drag it into the Nato?

Pavel, Rostov, Russia

"If Wales and Scotland declared independence, and England sent in troops....it would be OK for Russia " 2: Jim, Phoenix, USA
Yes.
But would it be OK if England decides to send troops in and kill over 2000 civilians just because she hates people in there ???

Dmitry, Moscow, Russia

Miliband is the great embarrassement to my country.
He is not the one to lecture Russia.
He looks like someone who desperately need some basic education. Please, someone take him off !

M Connors, London, UK

Pity the art of diplomacy seems to have died, surrendering to a media hype. All these rallies, cries for help, Georgian president acting like a PR and Miliband trying to make himself loved before eventual backstabbing of Brown. It is more like circus not the real politics.

Komil, London,

As a Brit living in Kiev I was appalled to read about the passports for Crimea and the rubbish e mails about Georgia firing first. Where are the mass burials, photos, etc of the 1600 dead? You don't know the facts, people here do. Crimea and Moldova are next and then what? Stop Russia now.

Richard, Kiev, Ukraine

Miliband is a buffoon and has absolutely no understanding of the current political situ in Uktaine, a power struggle is ongoing which Yushchenko is losing and was only elected president because he did a deal. He needs a 'crisis' to maintain power. Miliband is inept and should get a job in tescos

dch, nottingham , UK

So if i follow some of you in UK correctly...
If Wales and Scotland declared independence, and England sent in troops....it would be OK for Russia ...or any other country to invade and setup a buffer zone in England and recognize their indepenence.

Hmmmmm, watchout for the Irish, new plan!

Jim, Phoenix, USA

about time the government started to at least sound tough to russia.
watch the 2nd episode of the world at war (a new germany) and tell me you cannot honestly see huge similarites between then and now?
if they are handing out passports in the crimea then an invasion of crimea looks inevitable.

will, grimsby, uk

I see great inconsistencies in the way NATO is treating Russia. After all the Russians were provoked by the Georgians. And I am astonished to see how the U.S. who attacked IRAQ without ANY provocation, was NOT banned from the international community. I see here double standards.

Joe Smith, Kent,

He is one of the greatest diplomats in modern times. Well done David Miliband, someone had to tell Russia its place.
Jimmy

Jimmy, Brussels,

schoolboy Miliband, right haircut, warnings to Russia and promises to Ukraine...

ergo: kindergarten

Oleg, Moscow, Russia

The right to self determination never used to depend on an act of genocide. Im all in favour of liberal democracy, but that's why the democratic choices of SO and Abkhazia should have been considered.

Alex, London, UK

Miliband is just a parrot saying what State Dept wants to say. Nobody is taking his words seriously.
Only if he proposes that the 'independence' of Kosovo is canceled he will have a chance to talk about the territorial integrity of Georgia. Otherwise he should stay at home and shut up.

savo, london, uk

Has the foreign secretary studied the foreign policy of past masters of the art of diplomacy?I fear not, if his latest speech is anything to go by. Rhetoric unsupported by real power is the quickest way in which to lose influence in world affairs-despite the well-meaning encouragement of this column

Constantine Partasides, London, United Kingdom

Chamberlain by another name. Your not fooling the Russians...or anyone else. You guys fold we're not picking you up again.

Jim, Phoenix, USA

'Flying home, brandishing a deal extracted from the other side'.
There are still people who remember the last 'Peace with honour deal' in 1938.
Why don't they learn from History? Sarkozy & Miliband what a combination to try and stop aggression. They forget Georgia fired the first shells.

Howard , Basildon, England

Miliband is havign a competition with Rice and Bush over who can sound more hypocritical and dis-honest. Half-truths, distortions, passed over facts - he has tied the US duo. And both countries are equaly guilty and now equally ineffective. "Nice speech" Mr. Miliband. That's what foreign policy is.

Stephanie Witberg, Medford Massachusetts, USA