GENERAL SAYS RUSSIAN MILITARY MOVEMENT LAUNCHED.

The chairman of the Russian Duma’s Defense Committee, Gen. Lev Rokhlin, suggested yesterday that his efforts to promote the creation of a public movement to defend the interests of servicemen and military industrial workers is bearing fruit. (Russian agencies, July 2) Rokhlin has become embroiled in a wrangle with the Kremlin after blaming Russian leaders for the disastrous state of the armed forces and calling for military personnel to organize to defend their interests. (See Monitor, June 26)

Russian Chemical Weapons Center Declared a Closed Zone.