MOSCOW SLAMS HUNGARY’S NATO AMBITIONS.

Russia’s ambassador to Hungary threatened yesterday that Moscow would take military countermeasures should Hungary join NATO, the official Hungarian news agency reported. But the ambassador later would not specify the measures to which he had referred, and said that Moscow had not actually formulated them yet. The report came on the eve of a visit to Hungary by NATO secretary-general Javier Solana. (Reuter, April 17)

Duma Wants Easing of Libya Sanctions.