YELTSIN PRESSES KUCHMA ON BLACK SEA FLEET.

In a lettersent while he was in the hospital, Boris Yeltsin called on Ukrainianpresident Leonid Kuchma to observe the agreements the two menmade at their Sochi summit, Interfax reported July 12. Meanwhile,Russian Black Sea Fleet commander Admiral Eduard Baltin said thatthe Sevastopol city government was attempting to deprive his fleetof its many buildings in the city, imposing extortionate taxeson the fleet’s operations, and creating other difficulties "underinvented pretexts," Ostankino television reported July 12.

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