"This is a unique fact when citizens of another state serve in our troops," commander of the Russian border-guard force in Armenia said.

All the difficulties between Russia and Georgia are created artificially, Sergey Bondarev stated.

The replacement of Russian servicemen will be accomplished after the completion of retraining of the Armenian frontier guards in the repaired training unit in 1-2 months.

Two more people were diagnosed with avian influenza in Azerbaijan.

Transport blockade of the unrecognized Prednestrovian Republic continues. On the 3rd of March the government of Ukraine announced the introduction of new customs regime for the transportation of goods across Prednestrovian - Ukrainian border. From now on, the Ukrainian party demands Moldavian customs' registration of transported goods. The situation, which may turn to a humanitarian disaster, worries also citizens of other unrecognized republics, including Nagorno-Karabakh.