Russian Soldiers Entered Georgian Territory
(Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, July 31, 2002) – About 15 Russian soldiers, supposedly border guards entered Georgian territory in Marukhi pass, Kodori gorge, breakaway Abkhazia at 8.00 a.m. today. According to Georgian Defense Ministry they are about to leave right now.
Upper Kodori gorge is the only territory in breakaway Abkhazia controlled by the Georgian government. Davit Tevzadze, the Defense Minister left for Kodori. Georgian Defense Ministry has no detail information of the incident.
A group of five armed men failed to penetrate to Russia from Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia on July 29. They were stopped by Russian border guards.
Russians claim that Chechen ‘boeviks’ fighting against the Russian troops in Chechnya’s Itum-Kale district infiltrated to the Russian territory from Georgia’s Pankisi gorge.
