5 April 2002 TBILISI, 5 April (Civil Georgia)–The Georgian Defense Ministry issued a statement today denying an accusation by Russian officials that Georgia has been supplying weapons to Chechen rebels. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported in March that an Igla surface-to-air missile found in Chechnya’s Tsa-Vedeno district had belonged to the Georgian Defense Ministry.”The Georgian armed forces have […]

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