ASTRAKHAN BORDER GUARDS FIGHT SPIES, NARCOTICS TRADE.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 54

Russianborder guards based in Astrakhan have provided assistance to Turkmenistan,and to Russian regions in the Caucasus, to block a growing tradein drugs and the increasing effort of foreign intelligence servicesto penetrate Russia via the Caspian Sea, Astrakhanskiye izvestiyareported May 25-31.