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Ossetians flee Georgia's Pankisi Gorge
Residents of five predominantly Ossetian-inhabited
villages in the Pankisi Gorge have solicited help in leaving Georgia to
settle in North Ossetia, according to the Georgian newspaper "Tribuna"
on 13 February, as quoted by Caucasus Press. The villagers cite increasing
crime, the influx of Chechen refugees, and appalling socioeconomic conditions
as their reasons for wishing to leave Georgia. LF
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