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Russia and Eurasia Documents Annual 1996 (Formerly USSR Documents Annual) Volume1 The Russian Federation TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword xiv Introduction xv CHAPTER 1 GOVERNMENT Introduction 1 Nikolai Yegorov, In the Administration of the RF President the Traditions of High Professionalism and Selfless Service to the Motherland Will be Developed Further (16 Jan) 5 Statute on the Procedure for the Relationship of the President of the Russian Federation with the Houses of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Legislative Process (13 Apr) 5 Dmitrii Orlov, The Commission on Human Rights. New Membership (23 May) 10 Anatolii Chubais, News Conference on the Dismissal of Korzhakov and Others (20 Jun) 11 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Political Consultative Council (25 Jun) 12 Our Commentary. Ivan Rybkin to Head Council (28 Jun) 13 Membership of the Political Consultative Council (18 Jul) 13 Andrei Yashlavskii, Everything is Relative [Security Council membership] (2 Aug) 13 Valerii Vyzhutovich, Sergei Yastrzhembskii, Russian Federation President's Press Secretary. The President is Not Satisfied With the Work of the Security Council Secretary (23 Aug) 14 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Affirmation of the Statute on the Public Relations Office of the President of the Russian Federation (15 Oct) 15 Statute on the Public Relations Office of the President of the Russian Federation (15 Oct) 15 Interview with Anatolii Kulikov [On Lebed] (16 Oct) 17 Anatolii Kulikov, Internal Policy Is the Essence of My Authority (21 Oct) 23 Presidential Elections 26 Russia, Fatherland, People! Pre-election Platform of Candidate for the Position of President of the Russian Federation, Gennadii Andreevich Zyuganov (19 Mar) 26 Candidates for Presidential Election (12 May) 32 Boris Yeltsin, "I Am Responsible for Everything." Action Program for 1996-2000 (31 May) 33 Presidential Elections Results (16 Jun, 3 Jul) 34 Statement by Candidate for the Presidency from the People's Patriotic Forces Bloc, Gennadii Zyuganov. "Not to Divide, But to Unite" (18 Jun) 34 Aleksandr Lebed, I Know What I am Doing. I Know How To Do It. The Election is Over For Me, I Did Not Become President, But I Made My Choice (28 Jun) 35 Boris Yeltsin, Election Victory Speech. Action Program (10 Jul) 37 CHAPTER 2 NATIONAL LAWS, DECREES and STATUTES Introduction 38 Russian Federation President Decree, Questions of the Administrative Staff of the Russian Federation President (29 Jan) 39 Russian Federation President Decree, Statute on the Russian Federation President's Main State Law Administration (7 Mar) 41 Russian Federation President Decree, On Reducing the Number of Workers in the Federal Organs of Executive Authority and State Organs Under the President of the Russian Federation (9 Mar) 45 Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures for Strengthening Discipline in the System of State Service (6 Jun) 46 Decree Approving the Structure and Mandate of the Security Council (10 Jul) 48 Statute on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (18 Jul) 48 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Structure of the Federal Organs of Executive Power (14 Aug) 55 Russian Federation President Decree, On Strengthening State Control Over the Turnover of Alcohol Products (18 Aug) 58 Russian Federation Government Decree, On Measures for Strengthening the Procedure for Trade in Alcoholic Products (19 Aug) 59 Russian Federation President Decree, On Amendments to the Statute on the Procedure for Work to Delimit Objects of Jurisdiction and Powers Between the Federal Organs of State Power and the Organs of State Power of Russian Federation Components and on the Mutual Transfer of the Exercise of Part of Their Powers by the Federal Organs of Executive Power and the Organs of Executive Power of Russian Federation Components (25 Nov) 60 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Basic Documents Certifying the Identity of Russian Federation Citizens Outside the Russian Federation (21 Dec) 61 CHAPTER 3 THE POLITICAL SCENE Introduction 62 Mikhail Shchipanov, Such is Evgenii Primakov (12 Jan) 65 Gennadii Seleznev, I Do Not Like the Word "Speaker" (19 Jan) 66 Viktoriia Molodtsova, My One Hundred Line to the Newspaper. Women, How Are We Called Now? (31 Jan) 67 Russian Federation Federal Assembly State Duma Decree, On the Legal Validity of the Results of the USSR Referendum on 17 March 1991 on the Question of Preserving the USSR for the Russian Federation-Russia (19 Mar) 68 Statement by the Initiators of the State Duma Resolution on the Belovezh Agreements (20 Mar) 68 Lyubov Tsukanova, Senators Seek Way Out of Impasse Created by Duma [On resolution to restore the USSR] (20 Mar) 69 Gennadii Zyuganov, We Are Fulfilling the Will of the Voters (21 Mar) 70 Stepan Kiselev, A "Third Force" Overwhelms St. Petersburg [Sobchak is Defeated] (4 Jun) 71 Anna Kozyreva, Elections. Invite Me Into the Senate! (10 Sep) 72 Aleksandr Batygin, Prognosis. "This Is What I Have Decided!" But What About Us? What About You? [On Lebed and Rutskoi] (25 Oct) 73 Seleznev Refuses to Attend Cabinet Session with Chubais (30 Oct) 74 Gennadii Yezhov, Seleznev Scheduled to Attend Council Meeting-According to Chernomyrdin (30 Oct) 75 Interview with Boris Berezovskii, Deputy Director, Security Council (3 Nov) 76 Igor Melnik, Berezovskii Becomes Part of the Security Council (8 Nov) 76 Jewish Bankers and Chechen Grenade Throwers (Nov) 77 Lebed Discusses New Party (30 Dec) 78 The Communists 79 Vladimir Guliev, Subjectively. But is the CPRF Constitutional? (17 Jan) 79 Galina Sedykh, Gennadii Zyuganov. "I am Convinced That People Will Understand Us" (21 Mar) 81 Gennadii Zyuganov, Learning Patriotism (27 Apr) 82 Feliks Babitskii, Disassembling in the "Left" Camp (23 May) 84 "The Motherland Calls On You! Vote for Zyuganov!" Communist Election Poster (14 Jun) 85 S. Vasil'tsov, O. Bukhov, Four "Snags" for the Opposition (6 Aug) 86 Declaration of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia Movement (10 Aug) 91 CHAPTER 4 THE REPUBLICS AND TERRITORIES Introduction 94 General 96 Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Mikhailov, Any Separatist Movement Requires a Decisive Answer (28 Feb) 96 Ilya Maksakov, Dagestan. Ethnic Movements Are Activated. They Remain Divided and Have Little Influence on the Situation (29 Feb) 98 Concept of the State Nationality Policy of the Russian Federation (1 May) 100 Aleksandr Batygin, My Power Is My Power (6 Dec) 108 Tatarstan 110 Galina Grigorenko, Nationals are for Unification, But Only on A "Sovereign" Basis (29 Feb) 110 Mintimer Shaymiev, I Am In Favor of Yeltsin, But Without the War in Chechnia (26 Mar) 111 Nikolai Morozov, Persecuted by an Ill Wind. Refugees Search for a Roof Over Their Heads (27 Mar) 113 Conference in the Kremlin [on Tatarstan] (23 May) 113 Farid Mukhametshin, We Do Not Yearn For What Belongs to Someone Else-We Value Our Own (16 Oct) 115 Mintimer Shaymiev, Sovereignty as Tatarstan Understands It (28 Oct) 117 Chechnia 118 Doku Zavgaev, Ideologists of Dividing Chechnia Will Gain Nothing (4 Jan) 118 Refugees From the Conflict in Chechnia (4 Jan) 119 Valerii Yakov, Dudaev's Decree. More Women Than Men Must Be Killed (13 Jan) 120 Boris Yeltsin Address on Events in Dagestan (Pervomaiskoe) (18 Jan) 122 Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures for the Rejuvenation of the Economy and Social Sphere in the Chechen Republic in 1996 (24 Jan) 123 Valerii Virkunen, What the War is Costing (Jan) 124 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Representative of the Federation Government in the Chechen Republic (6 Mar) 124 Statute on the Russian Federation Government Representative in the Chechen Republic (6 Mar) 125 Zhanna Kasianenko, Boris Yeltsin on Dzhokar Dudae. "Since We Cannot Catch Him" (12 Mar) 126 Vladimir Gavrilenko, Anatolii Stasovskii, Chechnia: Imitation of Activity on the Eve of Collapse? (12 Mar) 127 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Settlement of the Crisis in the Chechen Republic (1 Apr) 128 Authorized to Untie the Chechnia Knot (4 Apr) 130 Composition of the Russian Federation State Commission to Settle the Crisis in the Chechen Republic (4 Apr) 130 Interview with Dudaev (16 Apr) 130 Aleksandr Lebed's Peace Plan for Chechnia (27 Aug) 131 Principles for Defining the Basis of Relations Between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic (3 Sep) 132 State Duma Resolution, On Measures for a Peaceful Settlement of the Crisis in the Chechen Republic (25 Oct) 132 Agreement Between the Chechen and Russian Governments (23 Nov) 133 CHAPTER 5 MILITARY AND SECURITY FORCES Introduction 134 Military 138 Aleksandr Golts, Kolesnikov. The Improvement in the Leadership of Troops Must Not Be an Object for Political Speculation (25 Jan) 138 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Call-Up of Russian Federation Citizens for Military Service in April-June 1996 and on the Discharge from Military Service of Draftee Soldiers, Sailors, NCO's, Petty Officers, and Military Construction Workers Who Have Completed Their Prescribed Period of Military Service (23 Mar) 139 Aleksandr Kondrashov, Statisticsin the Military (29 Mar) 140 Russian Federation President Decree, On Changing Over to Staffing the Ranks of Private and Sergeant in the Armed Forces and in Other Troops of the Russian Federation on a Professional Basis (16 May) 140 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Procedure for Sending Conscripted Servicemen to Carry Out Missions Under Armed Conditions and to Take Part in Combat Operations (16 May) 141 Russian Federation President Decree, Questions of the Civil Defense of the Russian Federation (27 May) 141 The Ministry of Defense Has a Clear Policy on Equipping the Army (31 May) 142 Capt.1st Rank Vladimir Yermolin, The RF Law "On Defense" was Signed by the President and is Coming Into Force (5 Jun) 143 Russian Federation President Decree, The State Remembers Its Sons. On Rights and Concessions for Servicemen Who Are Performing (or Have Performed) Tasks in the Armed Conflict in the Chechen Republic (12 Jun) 145 Russian Federation Government Decree, Question of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense Industries (18 Jul) 146 Military Procurator's Office Is Powerless Against the Generals. Why? (19 Jul) 147 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Russian Federation Defense Council (24 Jul) 150 Statute on the Russian Federation Defense Council (25 Jul) 151 Membership of the Defense Council Announced (25 Jul) 153 Valerii Kornev, Igor Korolkov, Viktor Litovkin, Counterblow. Does It Interest General Rokhlin to Have All Suspicion Lifted from Him? (30 Jul) 154 Mikhail Sevastyanov, Armed Weakness. Today This is Exactly What We Can Call Our Armed Forces, Which the Ministry of Finance Has Abandoned on Hunger Rations (27 Sep) 157 Russian Federation Federation Council Decree, On the Appeal of the Collegium of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense in Connection with Their Insufficient Financing (8 Oct) 159 Leonid Kotov, Rodionov Seeks to Increase the Role of the General Staff (22 Oct) 161 Rodionov Says that the Russian Armed Forces Are in "Crisis" (25 Oct) 161 Defense Ministry Backs the Creation of Military Police Force (30 Oct) 161 Yurii Baturin Describes the Need for a New Military Doctrine (5 Nov) 162 Igor Rodionov, "By a Miracle We Kept Control of the Army" (20 Nov) 163 Yeltsin Sets Measures to Reform Armed Forces (26 Nov) 164 Defense Council Discusses Military Mobilization Planning (11 Dec) 164 Security, Arms Race 165 Law on Foreign Intelligence Signed (10 Jan) 165 Fundamentals of Russian Federation Border Policy (5 Oct) 166 Colonel Ivan Serebryakov, The Bomb Detonated by The Washington Times (6 Nov) 169 Anatolii Yurkin, General Rokhlin on Nuclear Disarmament (5 Dec) 171 CHAPTER 6 FOREIGN POLICY Introduction 172 Statute on the Foreign Policy Council Under the Russian Federation President (26 Dec 1995) 175 Vladimir Nadein, The Thin Agreement is Fading, a Real Argument Brewing [with the USA] (23 Jan) 177 Gennadii Yezhov, Ivan Lebedev, Russian-US Documents Signed in Washington (30 Jan) 178 Tamara Zamyatin, Nikolai Kalintsev, The Meeting of Two GenSecs Has Taken Place - CPRF and NATO (23 Mar) 179 Yevgenii Popov, Why Did Gensec Solana Come to Moscow? Smile of the Boa Constrictor in the Name of NATO (23 Mar) 180 Yevgenii Primakov, The Foreign Policy of Russia Must be Multi-Vectored (2 Apr) 181 Yevgenii Bay, Vladimir Mikhaev, Everyone is Satisfied with the Meeting in Moscow, Having Agreed to Settle Differences by Work Procedures (23 Apr) 183 Pavel Shinkarenko, At the Summit a Basis for a Full-Fledged "Eight" Was Laid (23 Apr) 184 Vladimir Kuzar, Russia-China. Partnership Geared to the 21st Century (25 Apr) 186 Vladimir Mikheev, Boris Yeltsin Carries Out Special G-7 Mission [China] (26 Apr) 187 Vladimir Kuzar, Russia and China Make a Choice (30 Apr) 188 Aleksandr Golts, The First Visit was Successful [Japan] (30 Apr) 190 Viktor Khrekov, Konstantin Zhukovskii, Declaration Signed in Cuba (23 May) 191 Vladimir Fedorov, Do We Remember the Taste of Cuban Sugar? (25 May) 191 Anatolii Repin, The Role of Follower Is Not For Us. Yevgenii Primakov on the Principle Directions of Russian Foreign Policy (25 Jun) 192 State Duma Appeal. In Connection with the Plans for NATO's Expansion (25 Oct) 194 Statements by Primakov in Egypt on Middle East and NATO (30 Oct) 196 Rybkin Calls for RF Membership in NATO Political Organization (30 Oct) 197 Vyacheslav Tomilin, Defense Industry Minister Comments on Links With PRC (7 Nov) 198 Vasilii Safronchuk, After the US Presidential Election. Division of Portfolios (10 Nov) 198 Vladimir Kucherenko, Fog on the River. Federation Council Hearings on Russian-Chinese Border Demarcation Problems To Be Held 13 November (11 Nov) 199 Primakov in Japan (19 Nov) 200 Primakov in China (19 Nov) 200 Chernomyrdin Speaks Against NATO Expansion, at Lisbon OSCE Summit (2 Dec) 200 Nikolai Paklin, The NATO Syndrome (14 Dec) 202 Yevgenii Primakov, Our Foreign Policy Cannot Be the Policy of a Second-Rate State (17 Dec) 202 Agreements Signed in Iran (23 Dec) 203 The Near Abroad 204 Andrei Zurzhanskii, Viktor Zhiliakov, Yeltsin Gives Relations With the CIS States Priority (16 Apr) 204 Igor Varlamov, Yurii Kozlov, Official Outlines Foreign Policy Toward Baltic Region (10 Dec) 204 Ukraine 205 Mikhail Shevtsev, Is It Possible to Collaborate Effectively in "Threes" or "Two's"? The First Meeting in History Between the Military Chiefs of Russia, Ukraine and the USA Opens in Kiev (5 Jan) 205 Mikhail Shchipanov, Primakov's Business is Nearby (26 Jan) 206 Andrei Zurzhanskii, Viktor Zhiliakov, Yeltsin on the Importance of the Black Sea Fleet (16 Apr) 206 Aman Tuleev, The Third Seige. Black Sea Fleet-Common Shield or Bone of Contention? (12 Nov) 207 CHAPTER 7 THE ECONOMY Introduction 209 Irina Savvateeva, If Russia Does Indeed Receive 9 Billion Dollars, Then It Is Only For the Continuation of Reforms (7 Feb) 213 Aleksandr Koretskii, China Will Be Manufacturing Russian Airplanes On Its Own (7 Feb) 215 Yurii Petrov, How To Attract Foreign Investors (8 Feb) 216 Russian Federation President Decree, On Priority Measures for the Realization of the Federal Law, "On the Introduction of Changes and Additions to the Law of the Russian Federation, 'On the Federal Organs of Tax Police' and the Crime Procedures Code of the USSR'" (14 Feb) 218 Yevgeniia Pismennaia, The Government Opens Its Battle for Budget Revenue (5 Mar) 219 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Implementation of the Constitutional Right of Citizens to [Own] Land (7 Mar) 221 S. Alekseev, The Code of a Civilized Market (14 Mar) 223 Vadim Bardin, Konstantin Levin, Cards Have Been Played. Stakes Have Been Made. IMF Opens Credit Line for Russia (28 Mar) 226 Aleksandr Anichkin, Dmitrii Dokuchaev, Yuliia Ulyanova, Explosive Finances. Security Council Decides To Discover What Threat Money Poses (16 Apr) 228 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Program for the Development of Gasification of the Central Black Earth Region of the Russian Federation in 1996-2000 (6 Jun) 229 Yevgenii Vasilchuk, Authorities Discard the Guarantee Not to Resort to the Emission of Money (11 Jun) 230 Russian Federation President Decree, On the Ratification of a Concept for Developing the Securities Market in the Russian Federation (1 Jul) 230 Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures to Guarantee State Financial Control in the Russian Federation (25 Jul) 231 Natalia Kozlov, Igor Ivantsov, Push to the South in the Lead Freight Car. Russia is Returning to the Post-Soviet Space, Economically, With the Aid of LUKoil and Other Russian Oil Companies (3 Aug) 232 Mikhail Berger, Vice Premier Aleksandr Livshits. "A Financial Catastrophe Is Not Looming" (20 Aug) 236 Irina Nevinnaia, Pension Debts. Calculating on Coercion (6 Sep) 236 Vladimir Kucherenko, Yevgenii Yasin. The High Price of Low Inflation (11 Sep) 238 Aleksandr Velichenkov, Yevgenii Tikhonov, Budget-97. Tax Crusade. State Duma Has Accepted Next Year's Draft Federal Budget for Examination (7 Sep) 238 Aleksandr Livshits, It Is Necessary to Share Everything (8 Oct) 239 Russian Federation Government Decree, On the Partial Alteration of Point 2 of the Russian Federation Government 29 September 1994 Decree No. 1106, "On the Activities of Work to Attract Foreign Investments to the Russian Federation Economy (30 Oct) 241 President of the Russian Federation Decree, On Guaranteeing the Activity of the Provisional Extraordinary Commission on Strengthening Tax and Budget Discipline, Under the President of the Russian Federation (1 Nov) 242 Standing Orders of the Provisional Extraordinary Committee on Strengthening Tax and Budget Discipline, Under the President of the Russian Federation Confirmed by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (1 Nov) 242 Oleg Polukeev, "Immortals" Feeding Off the Budget [Taxes] (2 Nov) 243 Agreement to Build a Pipeline from Siberia to China (12 Dec) 245 Russian Federation President Decree, On Improving the Reliability of Gas Supplies to Russian Federation Customers (28 Dec) 245 Agriculture 247 Yelena Yakovleva, Spring Sowing Campaign "Black Hole" Will Swallow Another 4 Trillion (7 Feb) 247 Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures to Stabilize the Economic Situation and Develop Reform in the Agro-Industrial Complex (16 Apr) 248 Yelena Ishkova, 100 Billion for Gardeners (19 Jun) 251 Problem with the Harvest Predicted (20 Jun) 251 Andrei Sizov, The Situation in the Grain Market Remains Tense (20 Jun) 252 Yelena Ishkova, President Keeps Promise About Preferential Creditors for Countryside (26 Jul) 253 Aleksandr Parfentev, Vyacheslav Dolgov, Thirty Million People. And All with Shovels! (3 Sep) 254 Viktor Khlystun, Tomorrow is Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers Day (16 Nov) 255 Agricultural Production Likely to be Down in 1997 (14 Dec) 257 CHAPTER 8 QUALITY OF LIFE. HEALTH, the ENVIRONMENT, REFUGEES and MIGRATION, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Introduction 258 General 261 Gennadii Yezhov, Government Repays Debts to Schools, Media, Health Sectors (5 Nov) 261 Quality of Life 262 N. Rodzevich, Atlas of a Thousand Sorrows. Demographers Issue a Warning (10 Jan) 262 We Know How to Work. We Have Forgotten to Pay Money! The Kremlin Demands Urgent Measures from Government to Solve Artificial Problem of Non-Payment (8 Feb) 262 Russian Federation President Decree, On State Support of Citizens for the Construction and Acquisition of Housing (29 Mar) 264 Russian Federation President Decree, On Urgent Measures for the Improvement of Pension Guarantees for Citizens of the Russian Federation (15 Apr) 265 Russian Federation Federal Law, On Raising the Minimum Wage (22 Apr) 266 Wage Debt Passes 4 Billion Rubles in June (16 Jul) 267 Lyiz Gladysheva, Zhanna Kasyanenko, Yurii Burov, Russia 5 November. Protest by the Plundered and Oppressed (6 Nov) 267 Wage Debt Summarized (14 Dec) 270 Environment 270 Boris Yeltsin, Speech on the 10th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster (26 Apr) 270 Valerii Pishchulin, How King of the Barracks Shchukin Privatized a Closed City. Nuclear Physics Against the "Chemistry" of an Entrepreneurial Mayor (7 Aug) 271 Crime and Punishment 275 Yurii Skuratov, The Eye of the Sovereign. Interview with the General Procurator (12 Jan) 275 $50 Billion Leaves Russia Illegally Annually (6 Mar) 277 Liliia Seredina, In the Market of the "Slaves of Nausea" [Drug Traffic] (13 Mar) 280 Statute on Cordination of the Activity of Law Enforcement Agencies in Fighting Crime (18 Apr) 283 Yevgenii Ivanov, In Porous "Offshore Funds." One of the First Attempts at a Systematic Analysis of the Flight of Capital from Russia (5 May) 286 Russian Federation Government Decree, Federal Targeted Program for Strengthening the Struggle Against Crime in 1996-1997 (17 May) 288 Russian Federation President Decree, On Urgent Measures to Strengthen Law and Order and Intensify the Struggle Against Crime in the City of Moscow and Moscow Oblast (10 Jul) 289 Russian Federation Government Decree, On the Procedure for Issuing Weapons to Persons Who are Subject to State Protection (17 Jul) 290 Procedure for Issuing Weapons to Persons Who are Subject to State Protection (17 Jul) 291 Federal Targeted Program "Protecting Against Unsupervised and Law-Breaking Behavior of Juveniles" for 1997-1998 (10 Aug) 292 Minister of Interior Statement on Crime Figures, Trends (6 Nov) 294 Police Lieutenant General Aleksandr Dementev, One Ruble in Two is Criminal in Russia (10 Nov) 295 Albert Kozlov, Land of Uncowed Taxpayers. The Shadow Business is Growing Menacingly (18 Dec) 296 CHAPTER 9 MEDIA AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE Introduction 298 Russian Federation Government Decree, On Federal Targeted Comprehensive Program for the Creation of the Technical Means for Communications, Television, and Radio Broadcasting (27 Nov 1995) 300 Russian Federation Government Decree, On the State Funds for Television and Radio Programs (13 Dec 1995) 300 Russian Federation Government Decree, On Guaranteeing the Distribution of Programs of All-Russia and Regional State Television and Radio Broadcasting Organizations (13 Dec 1995) 301 Nikita Vaynonen, The Opposition Wishes to Introduce Censorship of Broadcasting (10 Apr) 302 Statute on the Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation (2 May) 303 Boris Yeltsin, Speech to Regional Media Workers (6 May) 305 Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures to Strengthen State Support of Culture and Art in the Russian Federation (1 Jul) 307 Aleksei Sinelnikov, From a Spark in Pravda, a Flame Bursts Out (31 Jul) 307 Yurii Bogomolov, Who is with Whom? Interpretation? (20 Oct) 308 New Stipends for Students with Military and MVD Experience (19 Nov) 309 Bibliography 310 Glossary 313 Indexes Names 314 Subject 316 Geography and Places 320 Institutions 321     Go to Academic International Press Home Page.

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