In yesterday's edition of The Monitor, the item "France Tries to Boost Russia's Status" incorrectly stated that France and Russia would co-chair both the April and June 1996 summit meetings of the G-7 countries. It also stated that both summits would be devoted to nuclear... MORE

1. Interfax, February 6, citing Rossiiskaya gazeta of the same date 2. Russian Television, January 26 3. Reuter, Interfax, February 5 4. Interfax, February 6 5. Delovaya Rossiya, February 6 6. Interfax, NTV, Russian TV, February 6 7. Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrinform-Tass, February 5 8. Belta-Tass, February... MORE

The forces under Colonel Mahmud Hudoberdiev and Ibodullo Boimatov, poised respectively to the south and west of Dushanbe, yesterday gave up their challenge to the Tajik government and began to hand over some of their weapons to government troops. The commanders did so one day... MORE

The commander of Russia's Operational Group of Forces in Moldova confirmed February 5 in Tiraspol that his troops will remove to Russia most of the construction and bridging equipment left over from army engineering units disbanded since 1992. But Lt. General Valery Yevnevich insisted that... MORE

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and State Security Service have both disavowed charges of espionage against three Chinese citizens who were expelled last week from Ukraine. The three had been arrested January 29 in Dnepropetrovsk while obtaining blueprints of engines for intercontinental ballistic missiles from the... MORE

President Aleksandr Lukashenko, arguably the most pro-Russian leader throughout the former Communist bloc, appears to be taking on a more visible role in advancing Moscow's strategic interests vis-a-vis Europe. During a meeting in Minsk several days ago with Mikhail Krotov, general secretary of the CIS... MORE

Admiral Eduard Baltin, handing over his command of the Black Sea Fleet Monday to Vice Admiral Gennady Suchkov under orders from the Russian president, told news media he was very grateful to Boris Yeltsin for relieving him of his burden. "I could not hand over... MORE

German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel said in a Polish newspaper February 6 that Germany would strive to maintain friendly relations and economic cooperation with Russia regardless of the outcome of June's presidential election. "We associate the process of reforms with a concrete policy and its... MORE

For the third consecutive day yesterday, thousands of Chechens (Moscow-installed authorities said "more than 10,000") demonstrated in central Grozny for independence and the withdrawal of Russian troops. The participants also demonstrated in favor of Dzhokhar Dudayev, carrying his portraits and national Chechen flags. Demonstrators hung... MORE

The Russian Security Council was scheduled today to discuss safety conditions at Russian nuclear power plants, chemical facilities, and other military installations, as well as problems in the defense industrial sector and the conflict in Chechnya. Reports suggested that the first two issues would dominate... MORE