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He said Russia's reaction to NATO ships ''will be calm, without any sort of hysteria. But of course, there will be an answer,'' Interfax quoted Putin as saying during a visit to Uzbekistan.

Asked by exactly what measures Russia would take, Putin was quoted as answering ''You'll see.'' 

Putin vows 'an answer' to NATO ships near Georgia
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:30 a.m. ET

MOSCOW (AP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will respond calmly to an increase in NATO ships in the Black Sea in the aftermath of the short war with Georgia, but promised that ''there will be an answer.''