Russia beefs up coast guard on its Black Sea coast
Russia's border service has dispatched additional patrol vessels to protect the Black Sea coast near the city of Sochi, the service chief said on Tuesday.
Army Gen. Vladimir Pronichev said the border troops were also using aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), as well as special monitoring equipment to oversee the situation in Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
On Monday, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov ordered additional measures to reinforce Russia's stat
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e border in the South Federal District.
Gen. Pronichev said the situation in the area was "under control" and said that the service was aware of "events in our area of responsibility."
He added that Russian border guards "have sufficient resources and the capability to ensure state border security."
Russia's border service has dispatched additional patrol vessels to protect the Black Sea coast near the city of Sochi, the service chief said on Tuesday.
