CHECHEN PRESIDENT COMPLETES HIS CABINET.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 3 Issue: 100

President Aslan Maskhadov of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria, who doubles as prime minister, has appointed Khizir Akhmadov as foreign minister and Elza Sharipova as justice minister. Maskhadov’s cabinet is now virtually complete. (Interfax, May 19)

Promotion for Russia’s Agriculture Minister.