Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic yesterday said he had won a pledge from Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to restore gas supplies to Sarajevo, and had in general discussed with him the crisis in Bosnia and possible post-crisis reconstruction. He described his talks with Chernomyrdin as "detailed... MORE

1. Itar-Tass, Interfax, Russia's Radio, September 28 2. Reuters, September 27 3. Itar-Tass, Russian TV, Public TV, Moscow's Echo radio, September 28 4. Moskovsky komsomolets, September 28 5. Kommersant Daily, Reuters, September 28 6. Reuters, September 28 7. Itar-Tass, September 28 8. Itar-Tass, Interfax, September... MORE

Duma chairman Ivan Rybkin called, at a Moscow news conference September 28, for accelerated reintegration of Russia with ex-Soviet republics, starting with Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan (where Slavs outnumber Kazakhs). Rybkin envisaged a political, economic, and military "alliance" of the four countries, cautioning that "a... MORE

Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov plans to proclaim his country neutral, and a zone of peace, in his upcoming address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Describing neutral status as the external counterpart to internal stability, Niyazov says that Turkmenistan does not wish to... MORE

At a conference in Almaty September 27- 28, foreign ministry legal department heads of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iran prepared a draft document on the Caspian Sea's legal status. Coordinated by Kazakhstan's deputy foreign minister Vyacheslav Gizzatov, the draft provides for dividing Caspian littoral waters,... MORE

. In Washington on an official visit, Ukrainian prime minister Yevhen Marchuk and members of his delegation have consulted with U.S. specialists about international practice regarding military bases in foreign territories, with specific reference to the Russian-Ukrainian dispute over the Black Sea Fleet. Marchuk told... MORE

According to local reports, Georgian head of state Eduard Shevardnadze has just received an armored car as a present from the German government. The present is, according to the reports, accompanied by a letter from German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel expressing concern over Shevardnadze's personal... MORE

One of the leaders of the Congress of Russian Communities, the economist Sergei Glazyev, presented at a press conference in Moscow September 28 an anti-crisis economic program. It includes civilian conversion of some military industries, state guarantees for investment, and "a reasonable protectionism towards domestic... MORE

"Our paramount legislative task for 1996 will be to have the Constitution amended so that the Duma has the right to hire and fire the force ministers," Women of Russia faction leader Yekaterina Lakhova has announced. "We want to protect the country from ministers like... MORE

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation announced September 28 that it became the first party to complete all the requirements necessary to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, including the collection of the mandatory 230,000 signatures. The Communist Party also published its full list... MORE