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Saturday, 14 September 2002
RUSSIAN BORDER GUARD COMMANDER ANTICIPATES NEW CHECHEN ATTEMPT TO ENTER RUSSIA FROM GEORGIA
By empty (9/14/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Lieutenant General Valerii Putov, who heads the Russian Federal Border Guard North Caucasus Headquarters, told Interfax on 14 September that his service has "substantial evidence" that "bandits" are preparing for a new attempt to cross into Chechnya from their base in the Pankisi Gorge. Federal Border Guard Service Director Colonel General Konstantin Totskii for his part told RTR television on 14 September that the Chechens could head from Pankisi either toward Ingushetia, or Chechnya, or Daghestan. (Interfax).
Lieutenant General Valerii Putov, who heads the Russian Federal Border Guard North Caucasus Headquarters, told Interfax on 14 September that his service has "substantial evidence" that "bandits" are preparing for a new attempt to cross into Chechnya from their base in the Pankisi Gorge. Federal Border Guard Service Director Colonel General Konstantin Totskii for his part told RTR television on 14 September that the Chechens could head from Pankisi either toward Ingushetia, or Chechnya, or Daghestan. (Interfax)