UZBEK PRICES TO RISE.
Publication: Monitor Volume: 3 Issue: 139
Beginning on July 22, bread prices will be increased by 40 percent in Uzbekistan A loaf will now cost 30 cents. Public transport fees will also increase by 40 percent. However, from July 1 basic scales for wages and pensions were raised 50 percent: the minimum wage is now 750 som ($12) and pension 1400 som. (International agencies)
Russian and Chechen Security Services to Cooperate.
