Foreign Correspondence

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War Games: Chinese troops on Georgian border closing in on Iran, not to mention the Chechen Republic, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, South Ossetia and many other Western linked trouble spots.

With Peace Mission 2005 behind them, Russia and China are planning for new military exercises, this time to take place in southern Russia. Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev stated on March 2 that Russia and China have "made plans to conduct exercises in spring 2007 in [Russia's] Southern Federal District". According to Nurgaliyev, the joint exercises will include special forces from China's Public Security Ministry, in addition to special forces and regular troops from Russia's Interior Ministry. The exercises, described by Nurgaliyev as large-scale, will "develop skills for cooperation in accomplishing objectives to counter the threat of terrorism". #msg-10248118

see also:
Turkey, Russia Oppose to NATO Presence in Black Sea
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1. Central Federal District
2. Southern Federal District
3. Northwestern Federal District
4. Far Eastern Federal District
5. Siberian Federal District
6. Urals Federal District
7. Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal

Southern Federal District

Includes:
Republic of Adygea
Astrakhan Oblast
Chechen Republic
Republic of Dagestan
Republic of Ingushetia
Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Republic of Kalmykia
Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia
Krasnodar Krai
North Ossetia-Alania Republic
Stavropol Krai
Rostov Oblast
Volgograd Oblast