Representatives of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia met in Moscow yesterday with members of the Russian prosecutor general's office. The Hague-based group seeks candidates to represent Moscow on the Tribunal. Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika reportedly told his visitors that the Tribunal should... MORE

As expected, political leaders across Europe, North America, and Asia applauded Boris Yeltsin's July 3 electoral victory over Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov. World leaders portrayed the election outcome variously as a personal victory for Yeltsin, as another milestone in the development of Russia's fledgling democracy,... MORE

A group of leading Russian financiers and businessmen has proposed the creation of an Economic Council that would have the right to propose legislation to the government and to parliament. The proposal was put forth yesterday by Sergei Yegorov, president of the Association of Russian... MORE

Moscow-installed Grozny authorities yesterday claimed a 75 percent turnout in the Russian presidential election runoff held July 2 and 3 in Chechnya. However, Western correspondents at the scene reported that polling stations were almost empty even in towns nominally controlled by Russian troops, and that... MORE

According to the Russian embassies in the three Baltic states, a majority of Russian citizens in those countries voted in favor of the losing Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov in the Russian presidential election runoff. Russian voters in all three Baltic states had also given Zyuganov... MORE

Zyuganov won a narrow majority of the votes of Russian citizens in Moldova. The Russian military vote was delivered to Yeltsin, but civilian Russian citizens voted overwhelmingly for Zyuganov, tipping the balance in his favor. Moldova was the sole ex-Soviet republic in which Aleksandr Lebed... MORE

"My recent achievements toward uniting the two Slavic peoples and our economy and foreign policy were connected with the incumbent Russian president," Belarus president Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media yesterday. "You will feel a new impetus to our cooperation," he predicted. (Itar-Tass, July 4) ...As... MORE

Moldovan president Mircea Snegur yesterday cabled "warm congratulations to esteemed Boris Nikolaevich for the victory which gives the whole world hope and faith... Moldova supported you for reelection, Moldova shares in your joy." Snegur expressed "confidence that we will jointly solve the Transdniester problem which... MORE

In his first words to the public since being dismissed June 18, former Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev said July 3 that he still supports Boris Yeltsin. He also denied the existence of any military conspiracy against the Russian president, as was alleged by Security... MORE

Boris Yeltsin appeared on Russian television yesterday to thank voters for his sweeping election victory. Looking relaxed and apparently recovered from his recent bout of sickness, the newly elected president said the country should not be divided into winners and losers. Hinting that a coalition... MORE