Monday, 09 October 2006

RUSSIAN CITIZENS PREPARED TO LEAVE TBILISI BY CARGO AIRCRAFT

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By empty (10/9/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian citizens who were due to leave Tbilisi for Moscow by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry aircraft are not leaving Tbilisi airport despite the cancellation of the flights. Some Russians said that they are ready to fly to Moscow by cargo aircraft, because they their Georgian visas had expired and they were without money. Earlier on Monday, the Georgian department of civil aviation received a request on the landing of two Russian Emergency Situations Ministry\'s planes: a passenger plane and a cargo aircraft, the department told Interfax.
Russian citizens who were due to leave Tbilisi for Moscow by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry aircraft are not leaving Tbilisi airport despite the cancellation of the flights. Some Russians said that they are ready to fly to Moscow by cargo aircraft, because they their Georgian visas had expired and they were without money. Earlier on Monday, the Georgian department of civil aviation received a request on the landing of two Russian Emergency Situations Ministry\'s planes: a passenger plane and a cargo aircraft, the department told Interfax. However, no response was given when Georgia requested an explanation of this presence of the cargo plane. \"We insist that Russia does not transfer people from Moscow or Tbilisi by cargo plane,\" head of the department Giorgi Mandzhgaladze said. The day before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that he would prevent the deportation of Georgians by cargo aircraft. (Interfax)
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