'Home guards' may be forming in Caucasus

From: Special Warfare | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Unsuccessful efforts by Russian Internal Troops and police to control the "administrative border" between Chechnya and other Russia territories have allowed kidnapping, cattle rustling, robberies, drug trafficking, and other criminal acts to continue at high levels. As a consequence, residents have begun to leave the area, and the formation of local armed "home guard" detachments in Dagestan, Ingushetia, and affected Cossack areas is being considered. This development has not been ...

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