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Russian General Says Kremlin Deploys Air Defense Missiles in Abkhazia
August 11, 2010
The commander in chief of Russia's air force has said that Russia has deployed sophisticated S-300 air-defense missiles in the pro-Moscow rebel region of Abkhazia.
General Aleksandr Zelin said the troops operating the missile system would work together with the air-defense systems of the army to provide antiaircraft defense for the Georgian separatist territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
He also said air defenses of other types had been deployed in the Russian-backed region of South Ossetia.
Georgia, which insists that Abkhazia and South Ossetia are an integral part of its territory, said the deployments are "a concern" for Tbilisi.
The Kremlin in 2008 recognized the two regions as independent states after Russia's brief war with Georgia.