Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev has canceled his visit to Germany scheduled for November, during which he was to hold talks with his German counterpart Volker Ruehe and to participate in a seminar on European security. Grachev cited a crowded business agenda as the reason... MORE

Lt. General Anatoly Romanov, head of Russia's joint forces in Chechnya, was badly injured in a bomb attack in the breakaway region on Friday, Interfax news agency said. An earlier report by Interfax had said Romanov had escaped uninjured from the bomb attack which occurred... MORE

Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said yesterday that he would meet U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry on Sunday in Switzerland to discuss the Bosnian conflict, NATO's Partnership for Peace program and prospects of holding joint exercises. Grachev said the meeting had been arranged during a... MORE

Also on Thursday, Russia stepped up its condemnation of NATO air strikes in Bosnia, accusing the West of double standards after NATO attacked Bosnian Serb missile sites but failed to hit back when Bosnian government troops attacked Serb positions. Clinton Reportedly Will Ease Limits on... MORE

Reuters quotes administration officials as saying that President Clinton will today announce that he is easing export restrictions on the sale of supercomputers. Critics charge that the decision will make it easier for other nations to develop nuclear arsenals. They said the changes not only... MORE

President Clinton announced on Thursday that Bosnia's warring sides had agreed to a ceasefire. Clinton said the U.S.-brokered ceasefire would take effect on October 10, and that the warring factions would attend peace talks in the United States, starting around October 25. Also on Thursday,... MORE

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Economic Relations Minister Oleg Davydov argues that the CIS countries "must in the immediate future" enter into an economic union with Russia, lest their goods be pushed out of ex-Soviet markets by superior Western goods. He predicts that Western... MORE

The Duma's chairman Ivan Rybkin, its CIS and Compatriot Affairs committee chairman Konstantin Zatulin, and other senior officials met in Moscow with the Council of Compatriots to discuss its near-term priorities. Rybkin encouraged the Council to promote participation by Russians from the "near abroad" in... MORE

The Tajik army's 1st and 11th brigades deployed around Kurgan-Tyube appear far from having made peace with each other. Official figures say that last month's fighting left at least 30 soldiers dead on both sides. Independent estimates are much higher. Tajikistan's defense, internal affairs, and... MORE

Addressing the "Oil and Gas 95" international conference (the third of its kind) in Almaty, Kazakh deputy foreign minister Vyacheslav Gizzatov revealed that Russia has proposed to the other four Caspian countries the formation of a five-country committee with the right to issue licenses for... MORE