MOSCOW HAS NOT SET A DATE TO SIGN PFP.

Yeltsin’s security advisorOleg Lobov said that Moscow would sign onto NATO’s Partnership for Peaceprogram only if “our principled position on NATO enlargement” is somehowregistered in the documents, and only if NATO acknowledges that the PFP issubordinate to a broader Europe-wide security arrangement, Interfax reportedMay 24. Lobov’s remarks, which followed a meeting of the Russian SecurityCouncil, suggest that Moscow may not sign on by May 31, the date by whichAmerican officials had said Moscow would join the program.

Chechnya War Expenses Busting The Russian Budget.