RUSSIAN TROOPS NOW INVOLVED IN DRUG TRADE.

Tajik policehave charged that Russian troops are now participating in thedrug trade along with a growing number of Tajiks, Komsomolskayapravda said July 18. This report will do nothing to smoothrelations between Dushanbe and Russian forces in Tajikistan orto shore up Russian public support for continued assistance toTajikistan.

Fewer Russians Leaving Kyrgyzstan.