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Jan
E-LIST(793) RFE/RL 23,26,27 juulil
1993
26.07: CHERNOMYRDIN ON RUSSIA'S BORDERS
WITH ESTONIA, LATVIA. On 24 July
Russian Prime Minister Viktor
Chernomyrdin unveiled a monument to
Prince Aleksandr Nevsky and his soldiers,
who stopped the advance
of the forces of the German Teutonic Order in 1242 at
Lake Peipus.
Both Chernomyrdin and Deputy Foreign Minister Vitalii Churkin
said
that the territory of Pechora and Pytalovo districts in the
Pskov
Oblast will remain part of Russia. The statements were
clearly
intended as a message to Estonia and Latvia, which have
been
pressing Russia to give up the territory that the RSFSR annexed
from
the two Baltic states in 1944-46. In a related
development,
Russian border guards have placed markers through a Latvian
farm
adjoining the Latvian border with the Pskov Oblast; they did
not
consult with the Latvian authorities. The farm has been
owned by
the Latvian family since 1 November 1927, when the area, known
as
Abrene (Pytalovo in Russian), was recognized by Moscow to be a
part of
Latvia, Baltic media reported on 23 and 24 July. Dzintra
Bungs, RFE/RL,
Inc.