Few details of Viktor Chernomyrdin's May 28 talks in Belgrade were made public. But, amid an intensification of the NATO bombing campaign, there were suggestions that Milosevic had made new concessions to the West. The official Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported after Chernomyrdin's departure that... MORE

Frenetic diplomatic maneuvering over the American holiday weekend appeared to bring negotiators closer to a settlement of the Kosovo conflict. Several key questions remained unanswered yesterday, however, and some NATO leaders voiced skepticism over announcements out of Belgrade suggesting that Serb President Slobodan Milosevic had... MORE

The new Russian cabinet, in its final form, does not appear to represent a total victory for the Berezovsky-Dyachenko-Abramovich group. Yesterday Yeltsin appointed Viktor Khristenko, first deputy finance minister, to occupy the position of first deputy prime minister in charge of economics vacated on May... MORE

After several weeks of wild rumors about behind-the-scenes political warfare, the Russian government's cabinet has now been largely formed--only the health minister has not yet been named. And while rumors that "The Family," as President Boris Yeltsin's inner circle is now being called in the... MORE

On May 30 Armenia is holding its second postcommunist parliamentary election. The exercise will be closely watched internationally in light of the country's record of rigged elections, as illustrated by those for parliament in 1995 and those for the president in 1996 and (to a... MORE

In Chechnya, an attempt was made on the life of the republic's mufti, Akhmed Kadyrov. Five members of his entourage were killed in the bomb explosion, but the mufti himself escaped injury (NTV, May 25). This was by no means the first attempt to murder... MORE

In a statement which does not bear the stamp of the pro-Western minister Borys Tarasyuk, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry yesterday chose polemics and evasion to dismiss U.S. government concerns that Ukrainian vessels may be making clandestine deliveries of Russian oil and oil products to Serbia... MORE

Russia's new cabinet has yet to be fully named, with the question of exactly who will occupy the key post of finance minister as yet unresolved. Confusion reigned in the top echelons of power after President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree naming Deputy Finance Minister... MORE

The tally in the battle surrounding the cabinet so far seems to show the "homemade Politburo" way ahead. Other major Kremlin insiders, such as Chubais and Gusinsky, have been unable to place any of their allies in the cabinet. What is more, Gusinsky lost an... MORE

Ivanov's remarks, it may be worth noting, came amid suggestions that Russian officials participating in the Kosovo peace efforts may themselves not all be on the same page. Clinton administration officials have intimated in recent days that there may be tensions in the new Russian... MORE