4 RUSSIAN OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR SPYING IN GEORGIA

Makfax, Macedonia
Sept 27 2006

Four Russian officers have been arrested on suspicion of spying in
Georgia, Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili said.

"Four Russian military intelligence officers and 12 citizens of Georgia
have been suspected of spying in Tbilisi, Batumi and other part of
Georgia. They were arrested in special operations," Merabishvili said.

Hundreds of police vehicles sealed a district in Tbilisi, where the
headquarters of the Russian military bases in Georgia, Azerbaijan
and Armenia are stationed.