GHOST OF "INDESTRUCTIBLE UNION" IS RESSURECTED.

Russia’s minister for CIS Cooperation, Aman Tuleev, yesterday made public an address to the CIS countries by "representatives of Russia’s creative intelligentsia." The address calls for preserving a "common spiritual space" and warns against "Western mass culture which leads to spiritual degradation." The address proclaims that "Our countries’ unification is the basis of our development into the 21st century." Topping the list of signatories is Sergei Mikhalkov, author of the lyrics of the USSR’s official anthem "Indestructible Union." (Interfax, February 5)

Purge in Tajik Defense Ministry.