REPAIR WORK ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA GAS PIPELINE POSTPONED
By empty (1/24/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Putin issued orders on 23 January to Gazprom and Unified Energy Systems (EES) to expedite repairs to the two pipelines that supply natural gas from Russia to Georgia and Armenia and to the high-voltage power line in Karachaevo-Cherkessia. All three facilities were damaged on 22 January by explosions that the FSB has characterized as deliberate sabotage. At the request of the Georgian government, Georgian specialists traveled on 23 January to North Ossetia to monitor repairs to the gas pipeline, but the repair work has been suspended indefinitely due to a leakage of gas condensate.Visit also
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