Monday, 25 July 2005

MOSCOW DENIES ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN GEORGIAN BLASTS

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By empty (7/25/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied claims by Georgian officials that its military intelligence agents were involvement in acts of sabotage in Georgia. \"We strongly deny Georgian claims of the alleged involvement of staff members of the General Staff\'s Main Intelligence Department in acts of sabotage and terrorism in Georgia,\" a source in the ministry\'s information and public relations department told Interfax on Monday. \"Claims by the Georgian interior minister about the alleged involvement of Russian military intelligence agents in the terrorist acts and sabotage in Gori and other places in Georgia are untrue, same as Mr.
The Russian Defense Ministry has denied claims by Georgian officials that its military intelligence agents were involvement in acts of sabotage in Georgia. \"We strongly deny Georgian claims of the alleged involvement of staff members of the General Staff\'s Main Intelligence Department in acts of sabotage and terrorism in Georgia,\" a source in the ministry\'s information and public relations department told Interfax on Monday. \"Claims by the Georgian interior minister about the alleged involvement of Russian military intelligence agents in the terrorist acts and sabotage in Gori and other places in Georgia are untrue, same as Mr. Merabishvili\'s words about several groups of Russian sabotage agents in Georgia,\" he said. \"There are no Russian military intelligence agents on Georgian territory,\" the source said. (Interfax)
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