. Pursuant to the Duma's September 9 resolutions, a first group of five deputies is flying September 13 to Belgrade, from whence they will go on to visit the Bosnian Serb authorities in Pale. The group will also collect data on "Croatia's aggression against Serb... MORE

. Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who the day before had criticized NATO action in Bosnia, now says in unequivocal terms that he opposed NATO expansion. "I categorically object and will never agree with today's attempts to expand the bloc (NATO) and move it to the... MORE

. Ukrainian defense minister Valery Shmarov said onTuesday that NATO was unlikely to expand quickly and suggested east Europeancountries expecting to join soon would be turned away disappointed. "I've met with a great many NATO leaders and not a single one is thinking about NATO... MORE

Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the mainstream Communist Party of the Russian Federation, told reporters that his party will make significant gains in the December parliamentary elections. "Our party has restored itself as a major political organization," he said, adding that party cells had been established... MORE

. The UN Security Council is unlikely to approve a Russian resolution demanding immediate cessation of NATO military action in Bosnia, according to a UPI survey of diplomats there. British envoy John Weston said there is "zero support" for the Russian draft. Russia Warns Balts.

Russia warned on Tuesday that if NATO were to expand to include the Baltic countries, such a move would force Moscow to strengthen its defenses and take economic steps. "Everybody in Europe says they have no enemies anymore, so why is it so important to... MORE

On Tuesday, the Russian government charged that NATO strikes in Bosnia were killing children, and threatening a generation of Serbs with genocide. Later in the day, President Clinton flatly rejected the charge. He said that NATO firepower had been very carefully targeted to avoid civilian... MORE

The U.S. State Department announced that Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott will go to Moscow this week in an effort to mollify Russian concerns over NATO's increasingly combative role in Bosnia. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said there was nothing unusual about Talbott's mission.... MORE

. Russian foreign ministry spokesman Grigorii Karasin told a Moscow briefing September 12 that the ministry has heard of a secret memorandum of understanding between "the UN" (Karasin did not name the Secretariat, but appeared to mean that) and NATO, renouncing the "two-key" principle in... MORE

In a drive-by attack at about 5 PM on Wednesday, unknown assailants fired a grenade which hit the U.S. embassy in Moscow, according to the Russian interior ministry. The ministry said the explosion smashed windows and caused minor damage, but made no mention of any... MORE