MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russian railroad troops have almost completed work to repair a rail line in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "Russian railroad troops have almost completed work to restore the rail line from Sukhumi to Ochamchira," which will be put into operation at the end of July, ministry spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky said. Around 300 Russian railroad troops arrived in the self-proclaimed republic on May 31 as part of a Moscow humanitarian assistance initiative for Abkhazia. The deployment sparked a furious reaction from Georgia, which accused Moscow of preparing for military intervention in the Georgia-Abkhaz conflict. During the operation, the Russian troops replaced around 10,000 railway sleepers and crossing sleepers at turnouts. The repair work...
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