News Digest
RUSSIA, TURKMENISTAN RESUME FERRY LINK
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The ferry line between Makhachkala and Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk) that functioned during the Soviet era resumed operation on 10 August. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and Federal Border Guard Service Director Colonel General Konstantin Totskii attended the departure of the first ferry from the capital of Daghestan. The ferry will have both military and civil functions.RUSSIA, GEORGIA AGAIN DISCUSS CHECHENS' EXTRADITION
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A second group of officials from the Russian Prosecutor General's office has arrived in Georgia to negotiate the extradition of 13 Chechens apprehended after illegally entering Georgia from Russia. Georgia provided the Russian officials with photographs and detailed descriptions of the 13 men to facilitate their identification. But the process of establishing who they are and whether or not they have committed any crimes is likely to be long and complicated, Georgian National Security Committee Secretary Tedo Djaparidze told journalists on 9 August.RUSSIA LIFTS GEORGIAN AIR-TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS
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The Russian Ministry of Transport informed its Georgian counterpart on 9 August that as of 12 August the restrictions on flights by Georgian carriers through Russian airspace will be lifted. The restrictions were imposed in early August in connection with military activities in the North Caucasus. It is not clear whether Tbilisi annulled the analogous restrictions it imposed on Russian aircraft overflying Georgia.KYRGYZSTAN EXTRADITES DIPLOMAT'S PRESUMED KILLERS TO CHINA
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Kyrgyzstan has handed over to China two Uighurs suspected of shooting a Chinese diplomat dead in Bishkek in late June. The diplomat's driver and an Uighur businessman were also killed in the assault. (akipress.Visit also
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