Saturday, 04 September 2004

PUTIN ORDERS NORTH OSSETIAN SECTOR OF RUSSIAN STATE BORDER CLOSED

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By empty (9/4/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to close the North Ossetian sector of the Russian state border at a Saturday session in Beslan. The session was partly televised by the Russian Channel One. \"Back in Moscow, I issued orders on further actions to find all who are involved in the terrorist attack, I ordered to block the city, to close the state border on the North Ossetia - Alaniya sector, to conduct searches for people involved in the terrorist act and to close the republic\'s administrative border,\" Putin said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to close the North Ossetian sector of the Russian state border at a Saturday session in Beslan. The session was partly televised by the Russian Channel One. \"Back in Moscow, I issued orders on further actions to find all who are involved in the terrorist attack, I ordered to block the city, to close the state border on the North Ossetia - Alaniya sector, to conduct searches for people involved in the terrorist act and to close the republic\'s administrative border,\" Putin said. Sawing interethnic discord and causing a conflict in the North Caucasus was one of the main aims of the militants who took over the school in Beslan, President Putin said. \"Anyone who yields to this provocation will be looked upon as a supporter and associate of terrorists,\" Putin said. (Interfax)
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