PART OF 1994 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS NEVER GIVEN TO DEFENSE MINISTRY.

More than a third of the money included in the budget for researchand development and the acquisition of arms passed by the Dumawas never given to the defense ministry, officials there toldMoscow radio August 27. Deputy Minister Andrei Kokoshin said thatthe government must take immediate steps to reverse this patternif it hopes to maintain a credible military force into the next century.

Crime Increasing Among Russian Officers.