Ukraine's Ministry of Justice has approved the legal registration of the Slavic Party (SP). Founded recently as a successor to the Civic Congress of Ukraine, the Slavic Party shifts the emphasis from human rights slogans to an overt political goal: unifying Ukraine with Russia and... MORE

Russia's antimissile early warning radar at Skrunda, Latvia, shut down yesterday in accordance with the 1994 bilateral agreement. Skrunda was the last remaining Russian military installation in the Baltic states, a relic of the Soviet occupation. President Guntis Ulmanis said in a special statement that... MORE

Clinton's departure for Moscow came as the world's leading industrial powers stepped up their pressure on Russia to stay the course of economic reform. In a series of telephone calls among world leaders in recent days the conclusion was the same: Western financial support for... MORE

European share prices opened lower this morning in reaction to Russia's crisis, but losses were less sharp than yesterday's 6 percent slump on the New York stock exchange. London was down 3 percent today in early trading, and similar falls were reported in Paris and... MORE

President Bill Clinton arrived in Moscow this morning for two days of summit talks with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The crippling domestic political problems faced by both presidents--together with Russia's recent economic and political meltdown--have ensured that expectations for this week's talks are exceedingly low.... MORE

President Bill Clinton is in Moscow and has begun talks with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. (BBC, September 1) No end is in sight to Russia's economic turmoil, which turned yesterday into full-scale political crisis when the opposition-dominated parliament voted against Yeltsin's nominee Viktor Chernomyrdin as... MORE

Both Kazakhstani Prime Minister Nurlan Balgimbaev and National Bank Chairman Kadyrjan Damitov have asserted both that the Russian crisis will not have a negative impact on the Kazakhstani economy and that the tenge will not be devalued. The tenge will continue to be pegged to... MORE

Tajik authorities have concluded that supporters of the cashiered Colonel Mahmud Hudoberdiev were responsible for the August 27 assassination of Nurullo Hairulloev, head of administration in Tursunzade, and five of his aides. The deadly attack was staged only two days after President Imomali Rahmonov's visit... MORE

Krasnoyarsk Governor Aleksandr Lebed is honoring his promise to try to achieve a reconciliation between Russia and Chechnya. Making a lightning visit to the North Caucasus republic yesterday, Lebed called on the Russian authorities both to honor their commitments under the Khasavyurt accords, signed two... MORE

One issue on which the two presidents are unlikely to find much common ground in Moscow is that of the recent U.S. air strikes on targets in Afghanistan and Sudan. On August 21, Boris Yeltsin said he was "outraged" by the U.S. military action. He... MORE