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Written by Andrew Andersen   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
Last Tuesday was marked by tensions growing at the cease-fire line separating Georgian troops and Abkhazian separatists near the village of
Ganmukhuri. According to Georgia's Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili, Russian "peace-keepers" penetrated deep into the zone under the control of Georgian
law-enforcement forces and assaulted a small group of uniformed Georgian policemen. As a result tree Georgian policemen were disarmed, handcuffed and
beaten up.

Only after active interference of local residents and Georgian governmental troops, the Russians had to release detained Georgian officers.

On the border between Georgia and its separatist Abkhazia region after Georgia accused Russian peacekeepers of apprehending and beating three of
its policemen in the neutral security zone dividing the two sides.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russian peacekeepers of provoking the incident and expressed his willingness to push for the
withdrawal of Russian troops from the conflict area.

However, both the commander of Russian "peace-keepers" Sergei Chaban and Russian General Anatoly Zaitsev claiming to be the "commander of Abkhazia's
armed forces" deny the assault on Georgian officials and threaten to put both the "peace-keepers" and separatist militants "on high alert".

Abkhazia just like South Ossetia are breakaway regions of Georgia claiming independent status and enjoying military, economic and diplomatic support of
Russian Federation.
 
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