YELTSIN REBUFFS DUMA ON IRAQ.

Russian president Boris Yeltsin has rejected a Duma bill, approved in December, that calls for Russia unilaterally to move toward ending its participation in UN sanctions against Iraq. According to a Kremlin spokesman, Yeltsin said that the bill is contrary to Russia’s Constitution and its international obligations. It would also, he said, set the world community against Russia and might ultimately limit Moscow’s influence in the Gulf. (Interfax, January 28)

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