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    Georgia Denies Entry to Russian Spy Plane

    Baku Today, Azerbaijan

    Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 05/04/2005 15:56

    Commander of the General Staff of the Russian Air Forces Boris Cheltsov
    said that Georgia denied Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft
    A-50 (NATO codename: Mainstay) to over fly Georgia as a part of the
    maneuvers of the air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent State
    (CIS) member countries, which was launched on April 5, RIA Novosti
    and Itar-Tass news agencies reported.

    Boris Cheltsov said that two A-50 aircrafts will participate in the
    maneuvers. "One will conduct a flight over Belarus.

    It was planned that another would have been used in the Armenian
    airspace; however, Georgia did not let it [the A-50 aircraft] through
    its airspace," Commander of the General Staff of the Russian Air
    Forces stated.
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