NEW COMMISSION TO EXAMINE FOREIGN MINISTRY.

Russian primeminister Viktor Chernomyrdin has established a special commissionto examine the performance of the foreign ministry, and to seekways to improve its efficiency, Interfax reported August 2. Whileaides to foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev said that the ministerhimself was behind the idea, the new commission, which will beheaded by deputy premier Vitaly Ignatenko and a variety of othergovernment and Yeltsin aides, represents a slap at the minister’sstewardship.

Migranyan Against Russian Participation in Partnership forPeace.