MOSCOW UPBRAIDS NORWAY OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry yesterday criticized authorities in Oslo for repeatedly refusing to provide Moscow with information on eight Russians who have sought asylum in Norway. A ministry spokesman described the situation as "abnormal" and suggested that Oslo’s silence was inconsistent with "good-neighborly relations" between the two countries. (Itar-Tass, December 5) The eight asylum seekers — seven men and one woman — reportedly crossed into Norway by bus on November 8 at a border post near Kirkenes. (Itar-Tass, November 13)

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