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COAL MINERS STRIKE IN VORKUTA.
About 79 coal miners held an underground protest September 27 in a mine in Vorkuta, in Russia's far north. The strike was called to protest government plans to close unprofitable mines. Itar-Tass quoted workers' representatives as saying that workers at the Promyshlennaya mine would stay... MORE
RUSSIAN REACTOR FOR IRAN TO BE ON SUMMIT AGENDA.
Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev was pressed by Secretary of State Warren Christopher in private talks September 26 to explain Moscow's continued resistance to U.S. demands that it end nuclear cooperation with Iran. The issue will be on the agenda of President Boris Yeltsin's October... MORE
RUSSIA OPPOSES BOSNIAN SERB SECESSION.
Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev, on last night's MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, said that Russia opposes any move by the Bosnian Serbs to secede from Bosnia and to join forces with the neighboring Serb state. Russia, according to Kozyrev, in firm agreement with the Contact Group, supports... MORE
TAJIK ARMY FACTIONS ACCEPT TRUCE, BUT WARN DUSHANBE.
Following mediation by a government commission specially sent from Dushanbe, the Tajik army's 1st and 11th brigades agreed September 26 to stop fighting each other and to withdraw their heavy guns from the "confrontation line" in and around Kurgan-Tyube. But the 1st brigade refused to... MORE
KAZAKHSTAN, CHALLENGING MOSCOW, SEEKS CASPIAN PARTITION.
Delegates of the foreign ministries of Caspian countries Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran, but not of Russia convened September 26 in Almaty to discuss a Kazakh-prepared draft convention on the Caspian sea's legal status. Presenting the document, Kazakh deputy foreign minister Vyacheslav Gizzatov said that... MORE
RUSSIAN NAVAL COMMANDER HOPES NEXT DUMA WILL SAVE BLACK SEA FLEET.
Admiral Igor Kasatonov, first deputy commander of Russia's naval forces, says in Slava Sevastopolya's current issue that the Black Sea Fleet's situation is "complicated" as Ukraine "attempts to oust Russia" from Crimea. But the admiral says that he expects the situation to improve after Russia's... MORE
U.S.-UKRAINIAN MILITARY EXERCISE HELD.
A reinforced company of Ukrainian marines conducted from September 11 through 25 the Autumn Allies 95 joint exercise with U.S. marines in North Carolina, under NATO's Partnership for Peace program. Vice-Admiral Mykola Kostriv, deputy commander of Ukraine's navy, commanded the Ukrainian contingent. The exercise focused... MORE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE GIVES UKRAINE GREEN LIGHT.
At its September 26 session in Strassburg the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided to recommend Ukraine for full membership of the CE. Western and other, particularly Baltic, participants praised Ukraine's efforts toward adopting a democratic constitution, reforming the economy, confirming Crimea's special... MORE
DUN & BROADSTREET PUBLISHES HANDBOOK OF STOCKS
. The Handbook of Russia's Top Stocks will constitute the first significant guide to investment in Russia, company officials reported in a press release Monday. They say the book reports the most important data in numerous industries, such as oil and gas, trade and services,... MORE