Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
March 23, 2005, Wednesday

FOUR ARMED RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS DETAINED IN THE ZONE OF THE
GEORGIAN-ABKHAZIAN CONFLICT

Four armed Russian peacekeepers (one is originally from Armenia, two
– from Russia and one from Kabardino-Balkaria) were detained by
Georgian law enforcement agencies in the zone of the
Georgian-Abkhazian conflict. Police of the Samegrelo district stated
that the Russian peacekeepers did not have documents. They refused to
give up and Georgian policemen had to open fire in the air. After
that the peacekeepers surrendered. The peacekeepers stated that they
were looking for a horse, which ran away from their unit. Georgian
policemen currently question the soldiers. They will soon be passed
over to the command of Russian peacekeepers.

Source: Regnum information agency, March 21, 2005