The Duma's deputy speaker, communist Gennady Selesniev, said that his faction has resumed impeachment proceedings against Boris Yeltsin, citing as grounds for impeachment Yeltsin's taking a leave of absence in Sochi instead of pursuing efforts to stop NATO military actions against the Serbs, as the... MORE

Security Council secretary and presidential envoy in Chechnya Oleg Lobov reported to Boris Yeltsin in Sochi said that Chechen disarmament is proceeding very slowly. However Chechen representatives said that they have fulfilled their obligations, but that Russia refuses to present its plans for the withdrawal... MORE

Russia will cooperate in the search for peace in former Yugoslavia despite its strong objections to NATO air strikes, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev said September 13, in an obvious bid to prevent his country from sliding back into confrontation with the West. Kozyrev told reporters... MORE

Two US hot-air balloonists were killed September 12 as their balloon was shot down by air defense near the Belarusian city of Brest. The authorities only reported the incident the next day, saying that the balloon was shot down near a strategic missile base. The... MORE

Yesterday and today, communists in the Duma continued to rage against Boris Yeltsin for allegedly ignoring their condemnation of the government's Bosnia policy. (2) Yeltsin must walk a thin line. Evidence of Western respect and occasional deference helps him remain "presidential," and is indispensable if... MORE

As was reported here yesterday, an unidentified attacker fired a grenade from a Mukha portable launcher at the US Embassy in Moscow on September 13, damaging the building's sixth floor but causing no casualties. According to Russian Federal Security Service officials, the grenade was fired... MORE

Federal and local law enforcement agents, armed with nearly 100 search and seizure warrants, busted a major crime ring based in Los Angeles' Russian emigre community Tuesday, arresting 13 and seizing assets worth more than $2 million. The indictments portray an alleged criminal empire, which... MORE

Russia's nuclear safety watchdog voiced concern on Wednesday about supervision of the country's military facilities after President Boris Yeltsin formally limited its responsibility to the civilian sector. Yuri Vishnevsky, head of the Gosatomnadzor agency, told a news conference that Yeltsin had barred civilian inspectors from... MORE

The meeting of the five-nation Contact Group on Bosnia, which had been scheduled to begin today in Geneva, has been postponed to Friday. Russian Aid for Serbs Demonstrates its Solidarity with Belgrade.

Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu said that his ministry has launched a humanitarian airlift to implement the Russian government's decision to support "the fraternal Serb people." Shoigu said that on their way home, the 15 Russian transport planes operating in the airlift would bring... MORE