MOSCOW’S DRIVE TO EXPORT OIL MAY LEAD TO DOMESTIC SHORTAGES.

Russian efforts to export more oil, a leading source of hardcurrency earnings, may lead to a shortage of oil products insideRussia, PIA-Interfax reported July 25. In order to prevent that,Russian oil enterprises have called on Moscow to limit exportsto the former Soviet republics beginning in August. In a relateddevelopment, the Russian government has rejected a request fromTatarstan to be allowed to export its oil to Ukraine without payingthe usual export charges.

NTV to Open North Caucasus Bureau.