MOSCOW APPLAUDS CUBA DECISION.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry yesterday welcomed the Clinton administration’s decision to postpone legal actions related to U.S. sanctions against Cuba, but said it would prefer that the law containing the sanctions — the Helms-Burton law — be repealed altogether. A ministry spokesman said Clinton’s action "had defused tension" surrounding the issue. (Reuter, July 18)

Armenia-Greece Alignment Also Grows Closer.