SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CENTRAL PAPERS CONTINUE TO FALL.

Moskovskykomsomolets attracted 337,000 subscribers for the coming year,far ahead of other Russian papers but far below the number ofsubscribers it, and they, have had in the past, the Moscow dailyreported July 14. This announcement came as the Duma adopted alaw that will subsidize local and regional papers, Ostankino televisionreported July 13.

Bad Harvest May Force Russian Government to Purchase ForeignGrain.