RUSSIAN SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOY 14 MILLION PEOPLE.

Small businesses are providing employment for a growing number of Russian workers, a government official announced Monday. One million new jobs were created last year by small businesses, which remain concentrated in the big cities. Despite the government’s adoption of a federal program to support small businesses in 1996, the Duma has not yet enacted relevant laws, the official complained. (Russian Radio, January 20)

Russian Air Force Faces Crisis.