CHINESE LEADER VISITS TULA.

Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who ended a five-day visit to Russia over the weekend, visited the Tula region on April 25 in order to hold talks with the directors of several Russian defense plants located in the area. The talks took place at a dinner in Jiang’s honor hosted by Vasily Starodubtsev, the governor of Tula oblast. (Itar-Tass, April 25)

Ulyanovsk Regional Government under Investigation.