YELTSIN WARNS AGAINST CLOSE TIES WITH WESTERNRESEARCHERS.

Speaking to the first meeting of the Presidential Council onScience and Technical Policy, Boris Yeltsin said that Russian scholars shouldcooperate with Western research institutions but only with a clearunderstanding of the need to defend Russia’s national interests,Podmoskovskie izvestiya said May 23. The Russian president acknowledgedthat Russian scientists needed more funds but urged them to cooperate morein order to husband existing resources and to look to the private sector ratherthan the government for more aid.

Yeltsin Approves Security Agency Plan For Links With CISCountries.