MOSCOW DISCARDS ALMATY’S CONCERN OVER COSSACKS.

MOSCOW DISCARDS ALMATY’S CONCERN OVER COSSACKS.

Apparently reacting to concerns expressed by Kazakstan’s Security Council chief, Beksultan Sarsekov, over the experimental deployment of Cossack irregulars on the Russian-Kazak border (see Monitor, March 26), Moscow said yesterday that it will actually expand that practice. Col. Gen. Aleksandr Yeryomin, deputy commander of Russia’s border forces, announced a plan to station auxiliary Cossack units all along the border by June. Yeryomin added that Russia declines to install any border markers — a remark likely to intensify Almaty’s concerns. (Itar-Tass, March 26)

More Russian Cabinet Appointments Announced.