CHECHNYA WAR EXPENSES BUSTING THE RUSSIAN BUDGET.

Dumabudget committee chairman Mikhail Zadornov said that rising expensesconnected with the Russian military actions in Chechnya had become “asignificant factor affecting the implementation of the budget”, and could makeit impossible to fulfill deficit targets, Segodnya reported May 24. Zadornovadded that he had predicted such an eventuality but had been ignored.

Parliament Appeals To Yeltsin To Rethink His Veto.