By empty (9/10/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In connection with the worsening criminal situation in Georgia, the Russian Foreign Ministry recommends that Russian citizens who are on Georgia's territory or are about to go there, take the appropriate personal safety measures. RIA Novosti learned this from the Russian Foreign Ministry's information and press department. Of late, recalled the Russian Foreign Ministry, a number of foreign subjects, including also citizens of the Russian Federation, were subjected to assaults and other criminal actions or were taken hostage for ransom money.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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