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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 207, Part I, 25 October 2000

CHECHEN FIGHTERS SAID TO HAVE LEFT GEORGIA... Those of the
Chechen fighters intercepted in northern Georgia on 21
October who refused to surrender to the Georgian authorities
have returned to Ingushetia after the failure of negotiations
on allowing them to transit Georgian territory to Azerbaijan
or Turkey, Caucasus Press reported on 25 October (see "RFE/RL
Newsline," 23 October 2000). It is still unclear whether the
men are part of field commander Ruslan Gelaev's force, as
suggested by Russian presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembskii.
LF
...AS RUSSIA ACCUSES GEORGIA OF AVOIDING 'COOPERATION.' In a
statement issued on 24 October, The Russian Foreign Ministry
argued that the Chechen fighters' incursion into Georgia
testifies to the Georgian authorities' inability to guard its
border. The statement rejected as "a provocation" Georgian
media reports that quoted Georgian officials as suggesting
that Russian security services may have helped the Chechens
cross into Georgian territory. The Russian statement also
called on Georgia "to show real readiness for full-scale
cooperation with Russia in the field of preventing terrorist
activities." LF

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