In other actions aimed both at ensuring support among senior commanders and at framing himself on election eve as a defender of Russian national interests, Boris Yeltsin yesterday announced a series of military promotions and issued a document on Russian national security. In the first... MORE

Russian president Boris Yeltsin yesterday justified the decision to proceed with the "election" of a legislature in Grozny, originally ordered by Moscow for June 16 but postponed under a key provision of the June 10 armistice agreement. Yeltsin told the press that the decision is... MORE

Viktor Anpilov, hard-line leader of "Working Russia," is reported to have said that, if he was appointed to oversee the mass media in a Zyuganov government, he would halt the import by Russian state-run television of Latin American soap operas. Anpilov said the serials "do... MORE

In a symbolic gesture of Western support, Russian president Boris Yeltsin has been invited to meet earlier with G-7 leaders at this year's summit in Lyon than has been the case in previous years. French officials report that Yeltsin will arrive late in the afternoon... MORE

The Latvian and Lithuanian foreign ministries yesterday expressed disappointment at not being invited to the June 13-14 conference of 45 governments and 15 international organizations on peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia. Host country Italy, current chairman in office of the European Union, was cited as... MORE

The Estonian parliament has almost unanimously approved the dispatch of an Estonian unit to take part in the international peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The Estonian soldiers will be attached to a Norwegian unit. Estonian units, attached to Nordic contingents, also participate in peacekeeping missions in... MORE

On an official visit to Georgia June 11-13, German president Roman Herzog announced that Germany has extended a $50 million credit for the rehabilitation of Georgia's power plants. Herzog and Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze described bilateral trade as below existing potentials, but political relations as... MORE

Voting in Russia's presidential election and, concurrently, for a Chechen legislature desired by Moscow began in Chechnya this morning, 48 hours ahead of schedule. Those Russian military units defined as "permanently stationed" in Chechnya are casting ballots for the Chechen legislature as well as for... MORE

Anatoly Chubais, formerly first deputy premier and now the brains behind President Boris Yeltsin's reelection campaign, told a press conference June 13 he is sure Yeltsin will, if reelected, keep to the path of economic reform. Chubais added that he believed Yeltsin would reshuffle his... MORE

U.S. president Bill Clinton, responding to a question on whether a Communist victory in Russian's presidential election would be a "disaster," said yesterday that Washington has a "good positive relationship" with Yeltsin but that it would deal with whatever decision the Russian people make. He... MORE