TATARSTAN ASKS RESIDENTS TO TURN IN GUNS.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 79

Tatarstan’s councilof ministers has called on residents to turn in any illegal weapons;those who do so will be exempt from prosecution and will be paidfor what they hand in, Pravda reported August 17. Somewill receive as much as ten times the republic’s minimum monthlywage.

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