NOTES:

1. BelTA, Belarusian Radio, December 29

2. Itar-Tass and Interfax, January 2

3. Interfax, January 1

4. Interfax, December 30

5. Petroleum Information Agency and Interfax Oil & Gas Report no. 1, 1996

6. Itar-Tass, December 27

7. Interfax, December 30

8. Segodnya, December 28

9. Russian Radio, December 26; Interfax, December 30

10. Interfax, BBC World Service, January 2

11. Interfax, January 1

12. Radio Tehran, Interfax, Itar-Tass, December 28

13. Interfax, December 29

14. Interfax, December 28 & 30

15. Itar-Tass, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, AP, January 1

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