ABKHAZ LEADER COMPLAINS OF RUSSIAN "BLOCKADE."

In an appeal to Boris Yeltsin and Viktor Chernomyrdin, and ininterviews with Russian media July 3 and 4, Abkhaz leader VladislavArdzinba said that Russia’s "economic blockade" ofhis region and Moscow’s additional security measures at the Abkhaz-Chechen border had blocked the delivery of aid sent toAbkhazia in the wake of last month’s severe floods.

Tajik Government Forces Crumbling.