According to presidential spokesman Sergei Medvedev, Boris Yeltsin has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the constitutionality of the amendments attached by the Duma in October to the draft law on the "legal status of deputies" (a law on parliamentary immunity). In his inquiry... MORE

Russia's Nuclear Energy Ministry reports a foreign trade revenue of $1.2 billion thus far this year. Two thirds of this sum comes from nuclear fuel sales to the United States, France, Germany and Eastern European countries, according to First Deputy Minister Lev Ryabev. He sees... MORE

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has begun reviewing draft legislation that would establish legal mechanisms to regulate the country's space program. The draft originated in the National Space Agency, which believes the law is critical if Ukraine is to develop a profit-making space industry. (3) The... MORE

Today is a public holiday in Russia, marking the 78th anniversary of the Revolution of October 1917, which brought the Bolsheviks to power. A number of left-wing parties and movements demonstrated in Moscow and other cities. Glazyev Denies His Party May Ally With Communists.

Interviewed by Interfax on Monday, the economist Sergei Glazyev rejected persistent rumors that the Congress of Russian Communities (KRO), of which he is a leading member, might form an alliance with the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) if, as many predict, the two parties emerge as... MORE

Turkey may increase its force deployment along its borders with Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan), Georgia, and Armenia, unless Russia reduces its forces in Transcaucasus by November 17, in line with the 1990 treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE), according to an unnamed senior official cited by... MORE

On his visit to Moscow last week, Kazakh foreign minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev found himself confronted with a set of demands by Russia's Foreign Ministry. The Russian side demanded bilateral ministerial-level consultations on the situation of Russian Cossacks in Kazakhstan--"an issue of state importance" to Russia,... MORE

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Estonia's new cabinet was formally approved on November 3 by president Lennart Meri and is scheduled to be sworn in today. Classified as "center-right," the cabinet consists of six ministers from the Coalition party, three from the Rural Union--who were partners in the former cabinet--... MORE

Defense Minister Pavel Grachev met with president Yeltsin November 5 in the Central Clinic, where Yeltsin