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Thursday, 24 June 2004
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.
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.\" Referring to his brief visit to Ingushetia following the deadly raids in the republic, Putin suggested that \"what I saw there was different from what was reported\" by security-agency chiefs in Moscow. (polit.ru)