Russia celebrates the Border Guard Day on May
28 since 1994.
MOSCOW, May
28. /TASS/. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin greeted the military, civil
personnel and veterans of the country’s Border Guard on their professional
holiday on Sunday.
The
greeting is published on the Kremlin’s website.
"Today
we honor those who protect reliably the state borders of Russia, protect their
native land from the enemy, those who honor the patriotic traditions of many
generations of their predecessors," the greeting telegram reads. "On
this solemn day I want to thank you sincerely for the conscientious and
responsible attitude to your duties, for the impeccable accomplishment of the
assigned tasks, for the honest service to the Motherland and people."
Russia
celebrates the Border Guard Day on May 28 since 1994.
Russian
Border Guard control more than 60,000 kilometers of the state border. They also
guard the Armenian border with Turkey and with Iran. The base of Russian patrol
ships is in Abkhazia (Ochamchira).
Source: ITAR-TASS 28-05-2017
