Russia's various and often mutually hostile communist groups marked yesterday, the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, with rallies in several Moscow squares, including a rally said to have been attended by 20,000. Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which... MORE

Armenia's State Committee for Atomic Energy announced yesterday that the nuclear power plant at Medjumor is operational again. The newer one of the plant's two Soviet-era VVER 440-type reactors was connected to the country's electricity grid and produced its first electricity the previous day, the... MORE

According to an investigative report in a reputable Moscow weekly, military information indicates that the two "unidentified" airplanes which bombed the Chechen village Roshni-Chu last month, killing 28 civilians (not a single combatant), belonged to Russia's Group of Forces in the Transcaucasus, headquartered in Tbilisi... MORE

Ukrainian environment and nuclear safety minister Yuri Kostenko announced November 3 that Ukrainian and G-7 negotiators had completed talks in Kiev by signing a memorandum on the closure of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant by the year 2000, and on G-7 aid to Ukraine to... MORE

Ukraine, as usual, was choosy about the discussions and agreements it chose to follow at the November 3 CIS prime ministers' meeting in Moscow. Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk told Ukrainian media upon his return that he did not actively participate in talks on the CIS... MORE

The "rightist" National Bloc and "centrist" Latvia's Way party have drafted a governing program which aims for: membership in the European Union and NATO, the formation of a Baltic customs union and common market, accelerated privatization, anti-inflationary policies, and opposition to constitutional changes, (implying no... MORE

Chechen raids killed at least 11 Russian soldiers (six of them in Grozny) November 4 through 6. Some 1,500 people (by the Russian authorities' version) rallied in downtown Grozny November 5 to demand independence, the withdrawal of Russian troops, and free elections. Russian overall commander... MORE

Head of state Eduard Shevardnadze and his Civic Union party won heavily November 5 in Georgia's first presidential and parliamentary elections since the dissolution of the USSR. Shevardnadze yesterday thanked the voters for their confidence as incomplete returns clearly pointed to his victory. Seven political... MORE

Internal Affairs (MVD) Minister, Col. General Anatoly Kulikov has announced the dismissal of the deputy chief of the Moscow city police, Maj. General Valerii Aksakov, for "betrayal." Kulikov accused Aksakov of having passed inside information to a suspect in a "spectacular criminal case". Meanwhile, back... MORE

. According to presidential legal adviser Mikhail Krasnov, Boris Yeltsin will not sign the draft law on the formation of the Federation Council because it calls for holding gubernatorial elections within eight months. Yeltsin sees this provision as interfering with the presidential prerogative to appoint... MORE