Armenia's Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday issued what it termed the final results of the September 22 presidential election. It credited incumbent president Levon Ter-Petrosian with 51.75 percent of the vote, the opposition National Accord bloc's joint candidate Vazgen Manukian with 41.3 percent, Communist candidate... MORE

Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma and Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin conferred informally at Chernomyrdin's dacha near Moscow over the weekend on the wide array of issues that remain unresolved between the two countries. Neither side claimed success in the talks, but both indicated that they... MORE

Presidents Lennart Meri of Estonia, Guntis Ulmanis of Latvia, and Algirdas Brazauskas of Lithuania issued over the weekend a joint "Statement on Security in the Baltic Region." The statement reaffirmed that only an early accession to NATO can guarantee their countries' freedom and it requested... MORE

The Soviet military-industrial complex paid no heed to republican boundaries. As a result, none of the Soviet Union's successor states is self-sufficient in arms production. Last Friday, representatives from eight CIS countries met in Moscow to try and reestablish at least some central coordination. The... MORE

Meeting in Nazran, the capital of Ingushetia, on September 27, the leaders of eight republics and regions of the north Caucasus expressed approval of the Khasavyurt accords, signed on August 31 by Aleksandr Lebed and Chechen chief-of-staff Aslan Maskhadov. Lebed himself was at the meeting,... MORE

Russian first deputy prime minister Vladimir Potanin is in Washington this week, heading the Russian delegation to the annual meetings of the World Bank and its sister-organization, the International Monetary Fund. At the World Bank, Potanin will discuss conditions for the credit the bank is... MORE

Russian president Boris Yeltsin appeared on Russian television Saturday in an apparent effort to prove that he is fit enough to work despite his impending heart operation. Yeltsin was shown in the hospital talking with Defense Minister Igor Rodionov and was heard to say that... MORE

Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on September 27 saying that the recent seizure of Kabul by Taliban rebels would have a destabilizing affect on the region. The statement also urged the UN to play a more active role in bringing peace to Afghanistan and... MORE

Communist-backed candidate Vadim Gusto has been declared the victor of the gubernatorial election held in Leningrad oblast on Sunday. But the pro-Yeltsin incumbent governor won the other gubernatorial election held that day, in Rostov oblast in southern Russia. (Itar-Tass, September 30) In addition, the Communist... MORE

Yesterday's Monitor incorrectly used the acronym SVR to identify Russia's Federal Security Service. In fact, SVR is the acronym for Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service. The Federal Security Service is represented by FSB. The Monitor is a publication of the Jamestown Foundation. It is researched and... MORE