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Another Echelon with Russian Munitions Leaves Transdniestria
06:31 05.04.2003 |
Former USSR
Yet another echelon with Russian munitions left Tiraspol, the administrative center of Moldova's self-proclaimed Republic of Transdniestria, for Russia on the night of April 5. According to a source in the headquarters of the Operations Group of the Russian troops stationed in Transdniestria.
Russian Defence Minister Supports Creation of Effective International Security System
07:53 04.04.2003 |
Former USSR
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has supported the creation of an international security system "capable to effectively resolve problems in a civilised manner". The Russian Minister expressed this standpoint before his meeting with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk.
Dagestan Holds Anti-War Rally
06:36 04.04.2003 |
Former USSR
The Dagestani town of Khasavyurt has hosted the largest anti-war rally since the beginning of the US aggression in Iraq. The action gathered more than 20,000 citizens of Dagestan, a Russian federal republic on the Caspian coast that is mostly inhabited by Moslems.
110 kg of Heroin Seized on Tajik-Afghan Border
04:16 04.04.2003 |
Former USSR
Russian border guards controlling the Tajik-Afghan border have discovered a cache with 110 kg of heroin. According to the press service of the Russian border troops stationed in Tajikistan, the cache was found on a plain on the border section controlled by the Moscow border detachment.
Belarus and Russia to Discuss Regulatory Acts Related to Their Military Integration
04:03 04.04.2003 |
Former USSR
Defence Ministers of Russia and Belarus will hold a session of the joint collegium of the two countries' defence ministries in Minsk on Friday. It will be devoted to the essential regulatory acts in the sphere of military integration of the two countries. The information department of the Belarussian defence ministry reported that it is planned to...
Belarus Has Destroyed 584 Medium and Short-Range Nuclear Rockets
09:25 03.04.2003 |
Former USSR
Belarus has taken significant steps in the nuclear disarmament process. As a Rosbalt correspondent was informed at the Belarus Interior Ministry today, this was announced by Victor Ribakov, head of the Belarus delegation at a UN meeting in New York devoted to disarmament.
Strela Air-Defence System Found on Russian-Georgian Border
04:32 03.04.2003 |
Former USSR
The Nazran frontier detachment protecting a sector of the Russian-Georgian border have found a cache with a Strela portable air-defence missile system. The cache was found on the bank of the Armkha River, the press service of the Russian Frontier Service's North Caucasian department reported to RIA Novosti.
