16 May 2009, 18:00

Russian frontier guards equip South Ossetia-Georgia border

Russian frontier guards have started improving the border of South Ossetia with Georgia. Six frontier outposts for Russian and Ossetian militaries have already been set up.

"The situation on the border is interesting enough, since it's new for us. Now, we study it, and outgoing from our estimates of the conditions in situ, we'll make decisions on how to guard the border," the TV Channel "Mir" quotes Alexander Murzin, head of the border division of the Frontier Service of Russian FSB for the Republic of South Ossetia.

Anatoly Margiev, administration head of the Leningor District of South Ossetia, said that local residents put their hopes on arrival of Russian servicemen for improvement of the area and creation of new jobs. Works are planned to build and repair buildings, including the local school, to which the frontier department will be next door, the ITAR-TASS Agency reports.

 

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