RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS TO PROTECT YAKUT RESOURCES.

In exchangefor the Yakut authorities agreeing to pay their salaries and thecost of fueling their vehicles, soldiers from the Russian NorthEastern Border Guard District have agreed to guard the mines andwellheads in Sakha, Segodnya reported August 1. Such arrangementswith local governments help support these Russian units but alsolessen Moscow’s control of them.

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