PUTIN REITERATES THAT MOSCOW WILL BOLSTER FORCES IN NORTH CAUCASUS
By empty (6/24/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin said on 24 June that Russia will reinforce combat-troop numbers in the North Caucasus. \"We will increase efforts in the North Caucasus to the necessary level and will increase our combat elements [there],\" Putin said. He called the situation in Ingushetia \"stable\" and said it \"will remain so.Visit also
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