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DISAPPEARANCE OF ARMENIAN CONTRACT SERVICEMAN FROM RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS MIGHT BE LINKED TO HIS DEBTS
YEREVAN, March 6. / ARKA /. The disappearance of Artur Afian, a
26-year-old Armenian citizen, who served under a contract with the
Russian border guards in Gyumri, and has been missing since February 21
might be linked to his debt commitments, the head of the Russian border
troops in Armenia, Vyacheslav Biryukov, told a news conference today.
Afian was given permission to leave his unit and visit relatives
in a village near Gyumri but never showed up, Biryukov recalled. He
was unarmed.
Vyacheslav Biryukov said the first report about the serviceman's
disappearance came from his wife.
"We informed military police, Armenia's National Security Service
and other law-enforcement bodies about the missing contract serviceman.
Unfortunately, neither his wife nor his parents can provide us with
any information except for the fact that he had debts. We wish he
were alive and save and call on him to return to his unit because
the sooner he does so the softer the justice will be,' he said.
He said Afian is described as a positive person with no disciplinary
penalties.
Armenia's border with Turkey (330 kilometers) and Iran (45 kilometers)
are guarded by border troops of the Russian Federal Security Service
(FSB). Armenia looks at the presence of Russian border guards along
with the Russian military base in the country as an important component
of its national security.
The agreement on the deployment of Russian borer guards in Armenia
was signed in 1992.
FSB border guards are deployed in Gyumri, Armavir, Artashat and
Meghri. The cost of their maintenance (about 4.5 thousand people)
is equally divided between the governments of Armenia and Russia.-0-
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From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, March 6. / ARKA /. The disappearance of Artur Afian, a
26-year-old Armenian citizen, who served under a contract with the
Russian border guards in Gyumri, and has been missing since February 21
might be linked to his debt commitments, the head of the Russian border
troops in Armenia, Vyacheslav Biryukov, told a news conference today.
Afian was given permission to leave his unit and visit relatives
in a village near Gyumri but never showed up, Biryukov recalled. He
was unarmed.
Vyacheslav Biryukov said the first report about the serviceman's
disappearance came from his wife.
"We informed military police, Armenia's National Security Service
and other law-enforcement bodies about the missing contract serviceman.
Unfortunately, neither his wife nor his parents can provide us with
any information except for the fact that he had debts. We wish he
were alive and save and call on him to return to his unit because
the sooner he does so the softer the justice will be,' he said.
He said Afian is described as a positive person with no disciplinary
penalties.
Armenia's border with Turkey (330 kilometers) and Iran (45 kilometers)
are guarded by border troops of the Russian Federal Security Service
(FSB). Armenia looks at the presence of Russian border guards along
with the Russian military base in the country as an important component
of its national security.
The agreement on the deployment of Russian borer guards in Armenia
was signed in 1992.
FSB border guards are deployed in Gyumri, Armavir, Artashat and
Meghri. The cost of their maintenance (about 4.5 thousand people)
is equally divided between the governments of Armenia and Russia.-0-
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From: A. Papazian