Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev yesterday denied rumors of the existence of a new military doctrine. "I don't know anything about such a doctrine," he told reporters before boarding a plane to Oslo. He attributed the rumors to the high level of emotion over the prospective... MORE

Russia has decided to allow seven military-industrial companies to export arms directly, bypassing the Rosvooruzhenie state arms monopoly trader. The seven companies include the Rostvertol helicopter maker, the Antei research and production association and vehicle maker Metrovagonmash. Kozyrev Denies Existence of New Military Doctrine.

NATO warplanes attacked Bosnian Serb missile sites on Wednesday, blasting two missile batteries in northwest Bosnia and one near Sarajevo. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev promptly reiterated Moscow's opposition to such raids and said it was time to seek a ceasefire," not to set fire... MORE

NATO has agreed to stall it plans to expand the alliance into central and eastern Europe in an attempt to buy time to win Russian consent. Alliance diplomatic sources say that NATO is anxious to build a special relationship with Moscow, and will put the... MORE

At a regular meeting chaired by Andrei Kozyrev in Moscow October 3, foreign ministers or their deputies from the CIS member countries appeared to fail to conclude agreements on most issues under discussion. The agenda focused on "peacekeeping" operations under nominal CIS aegis and joint... MORE

On October 3, Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev issued a decree amending the country's citizenship law, and harmonizing it with the new constitution which does not provide for dual citizenship. The amended citizenship law stipulates that "Kazakhstan does not recognize the citizenship granted by another state... MORE

On October 3, the Russian Federation Council adopted a resolution calling on Russia's president, government, and Duma to approve a referendum "On deepening economic and political integration of Russia and Belarus." The resolution recalls that in May 1995 85 percent of the Belarus electorate approved... MORE

Following the September 30/October 1 legislative elections in which they lost seats, the five parties and blocs of the outgoing governing coalition are discussing its renewal as a minority government. Four parties and blocs, mostly considered "right-wing," have lost no time forming a coalition which... MORE

While receiving a Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation in Kiev, parliament chairman Oleksandr Moroz said, in an obvious reference to Russia, that Ukraine "badly needs to diversify its energy sources" and cannot continue to depend on "only one source of oil,". Moroz said that Kuwaiti oil can... MORE

The Ukrainian parliament's defense and security committee chairman Volodymyr Mukhin cautions that Ukraine risks losing its sovereignty if it abandons its neutral status, and that Europe risks a new division if Russian security interests are ignored. Even if "sandwiched between two blocs," Ukraine will maintain... MORE