MOSCOW UNHAPPY WITH BALTIC VISA-FREE REGIME.

The decisionof the three Baltic countries to allow their citizens to movefreely across their borders as of July 1 has infuriated localRussians and Moscow officials who believe that the new agreementdiscriminates against ethnic Russians in Latvia and Estonia whodo not have passports, Ostankino television reported on June 30.The television said that more than 2000 stateless Russians werewaiting for Soviet passports in Riga alone.

Latvian Banking Crisis Continues to Expand.