An item in the Monitor of November 22, citing an interview with Ingushetia's president Ruslan Aushev, mistakenly implied that Aushev expressed pessimism about Chechnya's economic prospects. In fact, that implication was editorial comment by the Monitor. The Monitor is a publication of the Jamestown Foundation.... MORE

Russia's prosecutor general has ordered an investigation into charges of covert funding for Boris Yeltsin's presidential campaign. Among those to be questioned are past and present presidential aides Anatoly Chubais, Viktor Ilyushin and Aleksandr Korzhakov. (Itar-Tass, November 21) The charges arise out of last week's... MORE

Russia's Primorsky krai is facing a repeat of the energy shortages that plagued it during the summer -- this time with winter on the doorstep. The mayor of the town of Bolshoi Kamen has appeared on local TV to warn the population of 30,000 to... MORE

Russia's Defense Council recommended on November 20 that defense spending in Russia's 1997 state budget be raised by 6 trillion rubles. According to Council secretary Yuri Baturin, 4.4 trillion of that sum would be devoted to weapons development; 1.6 trillion would be spent on food... MORE

A U.S. Justice Department official admitted yesterday that the CIA and FBI had bungled a recent case involving the arrest of Aleksandr Galkin, a former Soviet spy. The CIA had reportedly been informed but had not objected strenuously enough to block the FBI's plans to... MORE

The governor or Russia's Far Eastern Primorsky krai said on November 20 that Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov's recent visit to Tokyo has already begun to boost regional cooperation. According to Yevgeny Nazdratenko, a series of bilateral business-related accords were signed by Japanese and Russian regional... MORE

An unnamed senior Russian diplomat said yesterday that Moscow continues to back the reelection of Boutros Boutros-Ghali as UN secretary-general and may veto any other candidate put forward. The U.S., which has vigorously opposed Boutros-Ghali's reappointment, vetoed his candidature earlier this week. (Interfax, November 21)... MORE

Soon after agreeing to buy Russian Su-30MK strike fighters, the Indian Air Force has expressed interest in the Mikoyan MiG-AT military trainer, according to Indian officials in New Delhi. Indian pilots were recently allowed to fly the new aircraft, which is competing with a Yakovlev... MORE

A Russian officer serving with Tajikistan's Defense Ministry, an officer and a soldier of Russia's "peacekeeping" troops, and two Russian officers' wives were shot in two incidents on November 19 and 20 in Dushanbe. The toll is 4 killed and one injured. The Russian command... MORE

Kazakhstan will begin the presentation of its $100 billion eurobond issue in the world's main financial centers on November 29. A preliminary presentation took place in London on November 12. Kazakhstan recently received its credit ratings from international credit agencies, which paved the way for... MORE