CENTRAL BANK TO DECIDE SOON ON POST-OCTOBER EXCHANGE RATE.

Officials at the Central Bank of Russia told Russian radioAugust 22 that the bank would soon decide on the exchange ratefor the ruble that the government would support after October1. On that date, the government had said earlier, the currentsoft peg of the ruble against the dollar and other major currencieswill end.

Government Seen "Buying Off" Agrarians.