In an open letter to Putin, the campaign calls for the president as head of the armed forces to give the order to stop the use of anti-personnel landmines and to abandon plans to lay them on Russia's border with Georgia. Relations between Russia and Georgia, which also borders Chechnya, have been strained since Moscow's military campaign against rebels in the breakaway republic began last October. Russia has accused Georgia of allowing Chechen fighters to use its territory. The campaign also called on Russia to sign the 1996 Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. Moscow has said it will join up in the future and has reintroduced its moratorium on exports of anti-personnel mines until December 2002.
More mines is good.
And it is 83 km long. You never know when the Russians might claim the need to enter to take care of some Georgian Rebels who are behind some plot to attack russia. Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.