YEREVAN. – 8 violations have been recorded on the Armenian-Turkish border since 2015, as reported by the press-service of Federal Security Service of Russia in Armenia.
“5 out of 8 violations were initiated by Turkey, and 3 by Armenia,” the press-service reports.
According to the source, all the violations were of a household nature. Weapons and ammunition weren’t discovered in any of these cases.
In contrast, in 2014 Russian bodyguards detained over 60 state border trespassers and more than 20 violators of the border regime. The number of people whose documents were considered faulty at the border crossing exceeded 1500. Over 250 people weren’t allowed to cross the border for different violations. 75 units of cold weapons and contraband of over 20 million AMD were seized.