RUSSIANS SEEK FINNISH PIPELINE TO BYPASS BALTICS.

Russianprime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin told Finnish premier PaavoLipponen that Moscow would like to construct an oil pipeline acrossFinland to that country’s ports, Interfax reported July 24. Sucha pipeline would reduce Moscow’s reliance on Baltic ports andsignificantly cut the incomes which the three Baltic states receivefor Russia’s use of their ports, BNS reported July 24.

Kaliningrad Leader: Russia, Baltics Must Agree on "Spheresof Influence."