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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Russian Guards
		Guards (Russian: гвардия) or Guards units (Russian: гвардейские части) were and are elite military units in Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.
		The units and formations nominated for the Soviet Guard title received special Guards banner in accordance with the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
		On May 21, 1942, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR introduced Guards ranks and Guards badges to be worn of the right side of the chest.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Russian_Guards (563 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
		Portraits show Russian Emperors Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II in the Guards’ uniforms among commanders and officers of the Guards’ Regiments.
		Though the Guards took part in many battles during the 18th century, they continued to perform their initial function of guarding the sovereign and played key role in the palace coups of 1725, 1730, 1741, 1762 and 1801.
		However, in succeeding generations’ memory the Russian Guards are associated with military honor, perseverance and fortitude showed by them in the course of two centuries, from the Great Northern War to the 1st World War.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_11_3.html (586 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian Border Guards Prevent Drug-Trafficking Attempt On Tajik-afghan Border
		Russian border guards controlling the Panj section of the Tajik-Afghan border were attacked twice over the past 24 hours, reports the press service of Russia's border group to Tajikistan.
		Armenian-based Russian arsenals are Russian not Armenian property, and under due Russian control, Nikolai Gribkov, Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk group for Karabakh, said to a news conference in the Azeri capital.
		Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Igor Ivanov and Anatoly Zlenko confirmed readiness of their countries to become guarantors of overall settlement of the Trans-Dniestrian conflict and observance of the corresponding future documents' provisions.
	newsfromrussia.com /cis/2001/07/16/10184.html (1662 words)

	Tajikistan, Russian Military, Mujahedin - JRL 7-24-03
		Russian border guard units are made up of five border detachments, which control the Tajik-Afghan border over its entire length.
		The Russian press has reported on several occasions that the part of the division that is located in the center of Dushanbe is moving to the outskirts of the city.
		Russian servicemen are certain that the move will not adversely effect the administration and fighting capabilities of the division, a possibility which has concerned many in Moscow.
	www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/7262-12.cfm (2050 words)

	Russian 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 4th Guards "Kantemirovskaya" Tank Division (Cyrillic: гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия, Guards Tank Kantemirovskaya Division), more usually known as the Kantemirovskaya Division or Kantemir Division, is an elite armoured division of the Russian Army.
		The division was one of the two major Ground Forces divisions deployed in Moscow in August 1991 as part of the attempted hardline coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
		During the most serious crisis of Yeltsin's premiership, the 1993 constitutional crisis, the Kantemir Division was one of several key divisions that had given their reluctant support to Yeltsin by October 4th, the decisive point in the crisis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_4th_Guards_Kantemirovskaya_Tank_Division (575 words)

	Preliminary hearings open in trial of Japanese boat captain in Russian Far East - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		Russian prosecutors indicted Noboru Sakashita earlier this month for poaching and illegally crossing a state border in connection with the Aug. 16 incident, which strained ties between Moscow and Tokyo.
		Russian officials say coast guards fired a warning shot after the boat failed to heed orders to halt, and the shot accidentally killed the fisherman.
		Russian news agencies said that defense lawyers were seeking to allow Sakashita to return to Japan during the proceedings, since he was not feeling well.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/11/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Japan.php (292 words)

	"Welcome to Hell" Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya - Summary (Ocotber 2000 / Human Rights Watch ...
		A visit in early February 2000 by Russian military officials found serious evidence of abuse, even though many abused inmates were removed from the facility prior to the visit and others were warned not to complain.
		In one documented case, the head of a village administration secured the release of a captured fighter for U.S. In most cases, relatives are approached by middlemen preying on their desperation to extort large sums for the release of the detained relative.
		Russian officials often refuse to return important identity documents to detainees upon release, or release detainees with documents identifying them as "amnestied fighters," even when involvement in armed activity was never established.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2000/russia_chechnya4/summary.htm (2124 words)

	War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Russian military commanders report that the rebels are suffering particularly high losses due to aviation attacks.
		Russian military sources report that Maskhadov and Basayev are bold hiding somewhere in the Argun canyon.
		Russian military planners believe that in case of an attack they will be able to deploy airborne assault units rapidly enough to offer timely assistance to the border guards.
	www.aeronautics.ru /chechnya/022100.htm (1085 words)

	War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Russian military commanders believe that the rebels may launch a coordinated attack in two directions: toward Dagestani border and a diversionary attack toward Chechen lowlands.
		Russian police Sgt. Oleg Kilev was lightly wounded in a mortar attack launched by Chechen rebels in Staropromislovsky district of Grozny.
		According to the spokesman for the Russian government, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, federal security forces detained 896 people, 472 of whom were released in accordance with the amnesty law passed by the Russian Parliament.
	www.aeronautics.ru /chechnya/032300.htm (713 words)

	CNN.com - Russian guards confess to killings - August 28, 2002
		Russian officials initially said they suspected Chechen rebels were behind the killings which happened in the republic of Ingushetia, near Chechnya, on Russia's mountainous border with Georgia.
		He said Khismatulin had confessed to killing one guard and Bozhkov said he killed the other seven while they were sleeping.
		Desertions, shootings and murders are not uncommon in the cash-strapped and demoralised Russian armed forces.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/28/russia.bullying/index.html (253 words)

	Russian Guards - Definition, explanation
		Guards (Russian (language): гвардия) or Guards units (Russian (language): гвардейские части) were and are elite military units in Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and Russian Federation.
		The title of the Soviet Guards was first introduced on September 18, 1941 in accordance with the decision of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Ставка Верховного Главнокомандующего, or Stavka Verkhovnogo Glavnokomanduyuschego) and by the order №308 of the People's Commissar of Defense for the distinguished services during the Yelnya Offensive.
		After the WWII a number of Guards troops were stationed over the Eastern Europe, e.g., in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ru/russian_guards.php (442 words)

	RUSSIAN CAPTIVITY
		One guard took my boots and gave me his lace-up shoes, which were too small for me; but I carried them along since it was summer.
		Because the water soup was meager and thin, we followed the suggestions of a Mongol guard and added acorns and the white roots of a flower to the soup.
		The guard measured the [land] surface with a compass to calculate the quota required of the workforce.
	home.arcor.de /kriegsgefangene/memoirs/russian_captivity.html (9256 words)

	TBRNews.org
		Russian border guards deployed on the Tajik-Afghan border are an obstacle to the CIA implementing its plans, so under pressure from the USA, the Tajik authorities have decided to cope with guarding their border on their own, Ren TV said.
		Russian border guards have patrolled this section of the border for over 100 years.
		The [Russian] secret services say that this is not corruption at the top of the Pentagon, but a well-planned operation.
	www.tbrnews.org /Archives/a944.htm (1014 words)

	Pravda.RU Shooting At Russian Border Guards At Tajik-Afghan Border (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		RIA Novosti was informed in the Russian Defense Ministry that Ivanov is to discuss issues of further bilateral cooperation between the defense institutions with Armenia's military and political leadership.
		Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov embarks on a visit to the Kazakh capital Alma-Ata to attend a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, an international body uniting Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
		Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov approved the texts of two intergovernmental documents which are expected to be signed with Armenia: the agreement on long-term economic cooperation till 2010 and on the two countries' mutual acknowledgement of documents on education, academic degrees and status, the Governmental Information Department reported to RIA Novosti Wednesday.
	newsfromrussia.com /cis/2001/09/13/15034.html (1746 words)

	Russian Border Guards Seize Tonne of Afghan Heroin in Tajikistan - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Russian border guards deployed in Tajikistan have seized over a tonne of heroin smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan, a record haul of drugs intercepted on the border, the guards said on Friday.
		A spokesman for the guards told Reuters 1,009 kg (2,220 lb) of heroin and 72 kg of opium was found on Thursday in a stash by the Pyandzh river, which follows the border to the south of the Tajik capital Dushanbe.
		The border guards were due to leave next year, but Russia and Tajikistan agreed in June to extend their stay until 2006.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2004/08/06/dushan.shtml (518 words)

	"Welcome to Hell" Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya - The Chernokozovo Detention Center (Ocotber ...
		From the time they entered the Chernokozovo facility, when Russian guards would force them to run a gauntlet of guards who would beat them mercilessly, through their stay in cramped and sordid conditions, to the time they were released, detainees had no relief from torment.
		Because guards forbade them from raising their eyes from the floor, most detainees had difficulty describing the facilities, but said that there were approximately eighteen cells along a corridor, and interrogation rooms were on the same corridor at the end of the hall.
		Shortly afterwards, the command of the facility rotated to another MVD division, the guards were replaced, structural improvements were made to the prison, including the addition of more cots for the detainees, and ill or injured detainees were transferred to the Naur district hospital.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2000/russia_chechnya4/detention-center.htm (8453 words)

	Russian Military Districts
		The Russian and Tajik defense ministers signed a treaty on 16 April 1999 which granted Russia's military the right to establish a base on Tajik territory and to quarter troops from the 201st Motorized Rifle Division at that base for the next 10 years.
		Russian peacekeepers were controlling the zones of conflicts both in Abkhazia and in Georgia.
		In June 1995 Major General Valeriy Gennadyevich Yevnevich was appointed by a Russian presidential decree as the new head of the operational group in command of the Russian forces in the Dniester region.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/agency/mo-md.htm (4024 words)

	Russia raises prospect of wider war in Caucasus All Russian border guards to quit Georgia by November Clark says NATO ...
		Chechen soldiers guarding the republic's border with a section of Russia to the northwest claimed that a column of armored vehicles belonging to Russia crossed into Chechnya early on Friday to provoke an attack and find the location of Chechen posts, the Interfax news agency said.
		Russian and Georgian officials agreed last November on a withdrawal of the Russian guards who monitor Georgia's borders with Russia and Turkey in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
		Clark condemned revenge attacks by ethnic Albanians on the Serb minority in the province and a string of attacks on peacekeepers that have occurred.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=13695 (1836 words)

	Russian patrol kills Japanese fisherman - Asia-Pacific - MSNBC.com
		Russian officials said the man, who remained unidentified, was killed as he rushed to recover fishing tools aboard the fishing boat.
		While Russian authorities have seized dozens of Japanese boats and injured several fishermen over the years, this was the first shooting death of a Japanese in the region since October 1956, Coast Guard officials said.
		Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to revive a 1956 Soviet-Japanese declaration under which Moscow had agreed to return two of the islands, but Tokyo has rejected the proposal as insufficient and talks on the issue are deadlocked.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14366812 (810 words)

	Tajiks alarmed by russian troop withdrawal \| The Tharwa project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Plans to withdraw Russian troops from the Pamir section of Tajikistan's frontier with Afghanistan by the end of this year have caused deep concern amongst local residents, many of whom have staged protests in recent weeks to highlight their worries.
		Sergei Karaganov, a senior official from the Russian council for defence policy, told IWPR that there is still room for discussion regarding the withdrawal of Moscow's troops from the frontier region.
		A press spokesperson for the Russian border forces told IWPR that following the withdrawal, residents of Gorno-Badakhshan who hold dual nationality may be able to continue serving in the Russian military outside of Tajikistan.
	www.tharwaproject.com /node/757 (1543 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Japanese fishing boat shot by Russian coast guards
		Russian border guards fired on a Japanese fishing boat and seized it Wednesday morning, with one of the four fishermen on board having died.
		The Japanese schooner was stopped after a long pursuit, during which the boat did not answer to Russian coast guards' radio and light signals.
		Then the coast guards fired warning shots on the vessel using a Kalashnikov submachine gun.
	english.people.com.cn /200608/16/eng20060816_293802.html (207 words)

	RUSSIAN MILITARIA,russian patches,russian medals,russian badges,russian shoulder boards,russian collar tabs,russian hat ...
		Russian Sleeve patch for naval squadron of the Northern Fleet.
		Russian sleeve patch for the naval infantry of the Baltic Fleet.$6.50
		Russian sleeve patch for the for the separate naval infantry battalion
	www.tridentmilitary.com /russian.militaria.htm (2542 words)

	RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS BEGIN WITHDRAWAL FROM TAJIKISTAN
		On April 15 Russian border guards began their long-awaited withdrawal from the "Moskva" patrolled areas of the Tajik-Afghan border, handing over control of the sensitive area to Tajikistani border units.
		Russian security policy towards Tajikistan, as part of its broader approach in Central Asia, acknowledges the need to retain a presence of some kind, simultaneously open to Central Asian allies seeking Western funding for improvements to security, provided it does not lock out Russia's vital interests in the region.
		It's the same with the Russian division in southern Georgia, in the Armenian areas, most of the soldiers are Armenians.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1388299/posts (2421 words)

	CNN.com - Tuesday, August 15 - Aug 16, 2006
		The fisherman's boat was captured by the Russian guards and taken to another nearby island, Kunashiri, the Japanese Coast Guard said.
		The coast guard said a fisherman was killed, while the Foreign Ministry reported a crew member of the boat was possibly killed.
		But after interviews aboard U.S. Coast Guard cutters, it was determined that those migrants appeared to meet the standard of having a well-founded fear of persecution if repatriated, and therefore were diverted to Guantanamo, the exile group said.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/08/15/tuesday/index.html (4584 words)

	A Glimpse of the Hidden Martyrs
		The guards continually walked around and around the train, and when they disappeared around the other side of the train, the women would quickly remove a loaf of bread or potatoes from under their coats, and throw them through the air hole at the top of the wagon.
		The Russian boy explained to Bronek that many years ago, after the Revolution, the Bolsheviks had chained several of the monks, including the hegumen of the lavra, to the wall and left them there to die of starvation.
		What is certain, however, is the essence of the tale — in a Russian monastery several monks were chained to walls and left to starve, while their brother monks were shot and buried nearby.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/catholic_stories/cs0075.html (2057 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Central Asia: Tajiks Begin Taking Over Guard Duties From Russians On Southern Border
		Russian border guards started handing over the watch along the Tajik-Afghan border to their Tajik counterparts late last week.
		However, Russian guards will stay at their posts in the western sections at least until sometime in 2005.
		Analyst Vatanka points out that the Tajik border guards do not even have one helicopter, though the eastern stretch of the border they guard is dotted with 3,000- and 4,000-meter high mountains and has only a few primitive roads.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/pp111704a.shtml (891 words)

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