Wednesday, 28 August 2002

2RUSSIAN BORDER GUARD UNIT COMES UNDER FIRE NEAR GEORGIAN BORDER

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At around 1800 Moscow time on Tuesday unknown gunmen opened fire at a Russian frontier guard unit. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the Kirigo pass, near the Georgian border. Nobody was hurt in the attack.
At around 1800 Moscow time on Tuesday unknown gunmen opened fire at a Russian frontier guard unit. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the Kirigo pass, near the Georgian border. Nobody was hurt in the attack. According to the press-service of the North-Caucasian regional directorate of the Federal Border Guard Service of Russia, the chief of the directorate Gen-Col Yevgeniy Bolkhovitin informed the chief of the Georgian border troops of the incident in a telegram where he emphasized that the Russian side regards the incident “as a provocation against the Russian border troops”, especially since a Georgian frontier post Girevi is located not far from the place where the incident occurred. (gazeta.ru)
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