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ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Consumer Protection Service in the southern Rostov Region has stepped up controls on the border with Ukraine following an outbreak of cholera in the neighboring Donetsk region, the regional CPS head said on Wednesday. Four cholera cases were registered in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, 50 km from the border, in late May. Read more.