MOSCOW’S TAX CONCESSIONS TO STAVROPOL IRK OTHER REGIONS.

BorisYeltsin’s decision to help Stavropol oblast recover from the Budennovskcrisis by giving that region special tax breaks rather than directaid has infuriated other regions, Kommersant-Daily reportedJune 24. Not only were they outraged by the fact that one regionwas being singled out for benefits that many need, but they expressedtheir dislike of Moscow’s increasing tendency to use the tax coderather than appropriated funds to "solve" its problems.