RUSSIANS UNHAPPY WITH TAJIK ARMY.

Arguing that “the Afghan war is continuing in Tajikistan,” Moskovskaya pravda on June 9 said that Russia was having to carry all the burden because the Tajiks were doing nothing to help themselves. On June 10, Itar-Tass reported that Russian border guards there had killed two Tajik opposition fighters seeking to cross into Tajikistan from Afghanistan. The news service said this was the fifth such attempt blocked by the Russian forces in only 10 days.

Russian Church Leader to Visit Kazakhstan.