Daghestans Attack Check-Point On Russian-Georgian Border

Published: 2 January 2001 y., Tuesday
A group of Dagestani inhabitants attacked a checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border on Thursday. 25 people, residents of the village of Gorakh demanded to cross the border, threatening frontier guards. The group was leaded by Gorakh administration head. The attackers began to breake a barrier and artificial obstacles. A reinforcement rushed to the site and the situation was normalized soon.Daghestan police and local administration heads were informed about incident. Russia dropped out of the visa-free travel agreement with Georgia on December. Relations between Russia and Georgia remain tense, with Moscow accusing Tbilisi of harbouring or allowing safe transit for separatists from war-torn Chechnya, which shares 80 kilometres (50 miles) of mountainous border with Georgia.
Šaltinis: allnews.ru
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