11 September 2002 MOSCOW, 11 September (Gazeta.Ru)–A senior officer has been charged with abuse of office, and another suspended from duty after 54 soldiers left their base in the North Caucasus without official leave and marched toward Volgograd to file a complaint against their superiors. Prosecutors said the protesters would not be treated as deserters, as they had no intention […]

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