MOSCOW ACCEPTS BLAME FOR INGUSH-OSSETIAN CONFLICT.

VladimirLozovy, the chairman of the Russian state commission on the Ingush-Ossetianconflict, said that Moscow must shoulder some of the blame forthe fact that the conflict broke out in 1992 and had still notbeen resolved. Lozovoy’s acknowledgment marks the first time thata Moscow official has accepted responsibility for the fightingin the Prigorodny rayon.

Crime in Moscow Region Exceeds "Socially Tolerable Levels."