World IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Official Backs Joint Exercises With U.S.
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Slamming nationalists who have decried joint peacekeeping exercises as a violation of sovereignty, Russia’s top general gave a resounding endorsement to training with the U.S. military. On a one-day visit to Totsk, 700 miles southeast of Moscow, Defense Minister Pavel S. Grachev pledged to double Russia’s contingent next year to 500 troops, up from this year’s 250 for each side.
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