10 December 2001 MOSCOW, 7 December (Gazeta.ru)–Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov made a sensational statement on 7 December. He said that even though Russia has categorically refused to send its troops into combat in Afghanistan, it is possible that Russian soldiers would take part in a UN peacekeeping mission. Later on the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, currently […]
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