MORE BUDENNOVSKS IN THE FUTURE?

Shamil Basayev’s suggestionon NTV June 26 that he had shown the way for future Chechen militaryactions by his hostage-taking in Budennovsk only increases Russianfears that more terrorist actions are in prospect. The chairmanof the Duma committee on Chechnya, Stanislav Govorukhin, toldVechernyaya Moskva June 23 that he believed there wouldbe more Chechen attacks in Russia, including on nuclear powerfacilities there.

Yeltsin Signs Security Service Statute.