RUSSIAN DEFENSE CHIEF MAY MEET WITH NATO MINISTERS.

The NATO Council will invite Russia’s defense minister, Gen. Igor Sergeev, to participate in an informal meeting of NATO defense chiefs in Maastricht on October 1-2, an Alliance official said yesterday. The NATO ministers intend also to hold separate talks with their counterparts from Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. No resolutions or documents are expected to be adopted at the meeting. (Itar-Tass, September 10)

Floating Nuke Plant for Russian Arctic.