WITHHOLDING OF PAY SPARKS MORE STRIKES.

859 industrialstrikes took place in the first five months of 1995, a 120 percentincrease over the same period in 1994, Trud reported July25. Most of the strikes concerned the failure of enterprises topay their workers: more than 36,000 enterprises and organizationshave withheld more than 6.5 trillion rubles in wages so far. Andthe Federal Employment Service told Interfax July 26 that 10 millionmore Russians may lose their jobs in the coming months.

Russians Fear Civil War.