MORE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ASSASSINATED IN TAJIK CAPITAL.

In three separate incidents last night in Dushanbe, unidentified gunmen assassinated a Lt. Col. of the Russian border troops, two off-duty guards of the U.S. embassy (ethnic Russian citizens of Tajikistan, apparently belonging to the State Security Ministry troops), and a Tajik policeman. Several civilians were also shot in these as yet unexplained incidents. (Itar-Tass, February 19)

New Duma Faction Could Undermine Communists’ Dominance.