World IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Troops Reportedly to Leave Ingushetia
From Times Wire Reports
Russian officials promised to withdraw their troops from Ingushetia, a tiny republic that borders the breakaway region of Chechnya, Ingush officials reported. Fighting had spread to Ingushetia in recent days, causing casualties and alarming its leaders, who have been trying to keep their region out of the 14-month Chechen war. Ingush President Ruslan Aushev said the agreement was reached in talks with Lt. Gen. Gennady Troshev, whose units had been shelling the mountain village of Arshty for three days.
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