23 October 2002 TBILISI, 22 October (Civil Georgia)–As part of a special anti-crime operation launched in early October, Georgian law enforcement established three additional police checkpoints in the Shida Kartli region, near the area of the breakaway Republic of South Ossetia, on 17 October. The decision angered Russian peacekeepers deployed in the conflict area, as well as the authorities in […]

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