auueeee CRUres Daily Report Central Eurasia FBIS-SOV-96-140 CONTENTS 19 July 1996 NOTICE: An * indicates materia! not previously disseminated in electronic form. INTERREGIONAL AFFAIRS CIS: ITAR-TASS Carries Press Review for 19 Jul .......ccccccccccccccsccccce cosssccsscescccessecsceesssseccceeseceeseeeeeeeces | RUSSIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS nade Gore To Carry Mostly Good News on Russia Back to Clinton /MOSKOVSKAYA PRAVDA 18 teneee eeececeeee SEO OE EERE EEE EE EEE EE OEE TEE EE EEE EEE EEEEE ES ETE EES ES EEE EEE EE ESE SEE ES EEE EEEEEESE ESE SE EEE EEE EE EEE EES Russia: Yeltsin Condolences Over TWA Air Crash [ITAR-TASS] ...cccc.ccscssessssssesessesesenensenessenenenenseeseee Russia: Moscow on U.S. Trade Sanctions, ‘Anti-Iranian Policy’ [Moscow International] — ................ Russia: Moscow Backs UN Appeal for ‘Olympic Truce’ [INTERFAX] .........cccceccssesssseeseseeseeenseeseseeeees Russia: Moscow Notes Trend for Compromise in NATO's East Expansion [INTERFAX] _ ................- Russia: Moscow Calls For Dayton Accords To Be Strictly Observed [INTERFAX] ...........ccccseceseeese: Russia: Radio Cites Foreign Agency Reporting Dudayev, Raduyev Alive [Radio Rossii] — .................. Russia: ITAR-TASS Says Serb Side “Has Met’ U.S. Demands on Karadzic on....ccccccccsesesceseseecereeeeseee Russia: Foreign Ministry Welcomes Karadzic’s Resignation [INTERFAX] ..............cccsessesessesesenseseneees Russia: Moscow Hopes Turkey Will Continue Cooperation (JTAR-TASS] .....cccccccccesessesesceeeseveeseseeeeee Russia: Turkish Assembly Speaker on Talks With Chernomyrdin [Ankara ANATOLIA] _ ..........0000000+: Russia: As Talks Begin, Georgia, Abkhazia Remain Divided /[ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA 18 Jul] _....... Russia: Georgia-Abkhaz Talks Continue as Peacekeepers’ Mandate Ends [IZVESTIYA 18 Jul] __........ RUSSIA NATIONAL AFFAIRS Political Issues Russia: Yeltsin, Chubays Discuss Strategy, Cadre Issues [ITAR-TASS] .......ccccccecececeseseseneeseeeees Russia: Yeltsin, Stroyev Discuss Federation Council, Local Elections [INTERFAX] _................ Russia: Yeltsin's Inauguration, Staff Changes Viewed [SEGODNYA 18 Jul] .........ccccccceceseseeees Russia: Yeltsin Approves Regulations on Interior Ministry [ITAR-TASS] .........c.ccccecccsessseeseeevees Re Chernomyrdin Steps Up Efforts To Secure Second Term /NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA 19 Russia: Chernomyrdin, Duma Speaker Discuss Government-Duma Interaction [INTERFAX] .. 11 Russia: FSB Denies Reporting Deaths of Raduyev, Dudayev [INTERFAX] ...........ccc.cecceeeeseoees 11 Russia: Lebed Says ‘Struggle’ Concept Has No Place in Efficient Economy {Moscow ORT] .. 12 Russia: Prosecutor's Office Not To Proceed With Alleged Plot Case [Moscow RTV] _.............. 12 Russia: Date of Lebed’s Chechen Visit Withheld on Security Grounds {ITAR-TASS] _.............. 12 Russia: State Duma Considering Changing Status of Chechnya [ITAR-TASS] .........c.cccececeseeoees 12 Russia: Duma Returns Bill on Human Rights Official to Commission [INTERFAX] _................. 13 Russia: Edict, Statute on Security Council Published /ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA 16 Jul] _.......... 13 NSAuwWUUSL SS owWwWWwNP Oo eo oO Military Issues “—_ Yeltsin Presents Rodionov to Armed Forces’ Top Leadership /[KRASNAYA ZVEZDA 19 19 _ = —- sees a 4 Russia: “Vremya’ Program Examines New Defense Minister's Intentions [Moscow ORT] _....... 20 roe Su-27 Deal With PRC Highlights Defense Industry Problems [KOMMERSANT-DAILY 18 an Federal Assembly Russia: State Duma Urges Ukraine To Halt Sale of Two Ships [ITAR-TASS] ........c.cccccccoceeeens 22 FBIS-SOV-96-140 19 July 1996 2 Russia: Federation Council Passes No Decision on Chechnya [ITAR-TASS] ..........ccccccesseceesesees 22 Russia: Deputy Premier: Troops in Chechnya Protect Civilians [INTERFAX] ...........:ssssseeseseeees 22 Russia: Duma Deputies Seek To ‘Internationalize’ Chechnya [Moscow Radio] — ..............000ss0000 22 Russia: Duma Approves Law on Protection of Russian Interests [INTERFAX] ............00:s00000000 23 Russia: Duma Votes To Raise Minimum Pension [INTERFAX] ..........:..s-scscsesssssesesseseeseeseseenenees 23 Russia: State Duma Amends Law on Interior Ministry Troops [INTERFAX] ..........:c.cccssesessseees 23 Regional Affairs Russia: Raduyev Holds News Conference, Swears Dudayev Alive [Moscow NTV] _ ...........0:000+ 24 Russia: Raduyev Says Russia “Will Still Pay’ for Dudayev’s Life [Moscow RTV] ............000+ 24 Russia: Stepashin Describes ‘Resurrected’ Raduyev as Lookalike (ITAR-TASS] ..........c.ssssseses 24 Russia: Chechnya Authorities View Raduyev’s ‘Propagandist Trick’ [ITAR-TASS] ...........000+ 25 Russia: Chechen Commander Claims Raduyev Alive, Active [IZVESTIYA 19 Jul] .........0..0000+ 25 Russia: Political Will Said Needed To Settle Chechen War [KRASNAYA ZVEZDA !7 Jul] __..... 27 Russia: Yeltsin Chechnya Peace Plan Said Mostly ‘Implemented’ [INTERFAX] _ ...........00:00000+ 28 Russia: New ‘Neutral’ Interior Minister Takes Over in Chechnya [ITAR-TASS] ............0ecsss000 29 Russia: Top Russian Commander Agrees To Meet Chechnya’s Maskhadov //TAR-TASS] _........ 29 Russia: Bomb Found at Voronezh Railway Station Fails To Explode [INTERFAX] _................. 30 Russia: Voronezh Terrorists Presumably From Caucasus [ITAR-TASS] ......c.csecsssscessssesseseecesees 30 Economic Issues Russia: Government Urged To Hasten Work on Economic Security System /ITAR-TASS] ........ 30 Russia: Privatization To Continue on Case-by-Case Basis [ITAR-TASS] ..........ccccccssssseesseseeeseees 31 Russia: Gazprom’s Political Role Discussed [NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA 11 Jul] ........0.s0000s00000 31 UKRAINE International Affairs Ukraine: Talbott Supports Ukraine's Involvement in European Security [INTERFAX] _............... 33 Ukraine: Prime Minister To Visit United States 25-26 Jul [INTERFAX] ..........c-ssesesssesssessesesees 33 Ukraine: Upcoming Talks Discussed With Belarusian Delegation (INTELNEWS] _ ................0 33 Ukraine: Kiev To Swap Agricultural Products for Iranian Oil [ITAR-TASS] .......0.cccsccessssesseeess 44 National Affairs Ukraine: Officials Explain Measures To Avoid Losing ‘Sovereignty’ /ITAR-TASS] _ ................. 44 Ukraine: Kiev Uses Assassination Attempt To Fire Donetsk Governor /SEGODNYA 19 Jul] 35 Ukraine: Kuchma Dismisses Governor of Donetsk Region [UNIAN] ..........c.csccscsesseseeceeseseenseies 35 Ukraine: Proceedings Instituted Against Head of Strike Committee [UNIAN] _ ...........c00.00e0eees00 % Ukraine: Kuchma Names Coal Industry Minister as Donetsk Chairman [UNIAN] _ ...........00.0000. % Ukraine: Miners’ Union Leader Proposes End to Strike [UNIAN] ......ccccccscsscesessesessssesseeenseeseeees % Ukraine: Tension Subsides in Donetsk Coal Region [UNIAN] ..........cccsesesssssserevessersnsesesevenseeees % Ukraine: Criminal Proceedings Launched Against Rail Picketers [INTERFAX] .............c000000+ % Ukraine: Rukh Official: Attempt on Premier Result of Clan War [UNIAN] .......00:c.c0cscssssessoeeees 37 Ukraine: ‘Local Mafia’ Possible Suspects for Assassination Attempt /ITAR-TASS] _ ................+ 37 — Impact of Emergency Measures Expected To Be “Deplorable’ /KOMMERSANT-DAILY 19 - t.. See arn = mani ——— aa Ukraine: Ministry Begins Campaign To Publicize New Constitution [INTERFAX] . 39 Economic Issues Ukraine: Security Council Wants Economic Emergency Program Drafted [INTERFAX] _.......... 39 FBIS-SOV-96-140 19 July 1996 3 Central Eurasia Ukraine: Prime Minister Says Kiev To Correct Economic Policy [INTERFAX] _ .......c00sss0s00e0es 40 Ukraine: Kiev To Ask IMF for Support of New National Currency [INTERFAX] _ .........0.0000000 40 Ukraine: Kiev Lifts Restraints on Foreign Users of Currency [ITAR-TASS] f SE eNO 40 Ukraine: Official Denies Changes in Privatization Policy [INTELNEWS] .........ccccsscsccsseseessseeeees 41 WESTERN REGION Moldova Moldova: Dniester Parliament Head on Status of Talks With Moldova [Moscow Radio] _.......... 42 — Defense Minister Creanga Disr=‘:s*! ‘Unconstitutional’ /ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA 17 a CU) BEET OTT ETTTTT OTT TTTTOTTTTTTTITTTTTTTITTITTTTTTT TITTLE Moldova: PSM’s Morev Considers Snegur ‘Right-Wing Unionist’ [BASAPRESS] _ ............s00000 43 CENTRAL ASIA Kazakhstan el Malaysia's Mahathir Begins Official Visit, Signs Accords {Kuala Lumpur THE STAR e MEET =—_— aceccccccocccscccccceccccecccececscceeoscosoreescepescocccoencceeee ee tosses ecececence ees coeeceneeecoesecoeoeoseteoees cee ccocecososces sees Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev, Malaysian Premier Sign Joint Declaration {Almaty TV] ..........:0s000000 aa Kazakakhstan: IMF Approves $446 Million Credit to Almaty [Almaty TV] .....c..cccccsscsssssseseenees 44 — Foreign Minister Condemns Turkestan Separatist Campaign /[KRASNAYA ZVEZDA 18 a Kazakhstan: Economic Achievements Report Gloomy [KARAVAN-BLITS 12 Jul] esses... 45 Tajikistan Tajikistan: Government Makes ‘Significant’ Concessions [KRASNAYA ZVEZDA 17 Jul] _........ 46 Tajikistan: Peace Talks Participants Expected To Sign Cease-Fire [INTERFAX] ........ccsccecseseee a7 Tajikistan: Rakhmanov Appoints New Head of Tavil-Dara District (KHOVAR] _ ..........cccc0s0e0es 47 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan: Niyazov Leaves for Iran, May Discuss Regional Issues [INTERFAX] _ ............... 47 Turkmenistan: Niyazov Hopes For Speedy Definition of Caspian Sea Status [INTERFAX] _...... a Turkmenistan: Foreign Minister Meets With Indian Prime Minister [JTAR-TASS] _ .........c000000008 47 CAUCASUS Azerbaijan Azerbaijan: Customs Official, Iranian Counterpart Discuss Cooperation {Tehran IRNA] __.......... 49 Azerbaijan: Cabinet Meets; Premier To Be Relieved of Post [TURAN] ..........c.cccssccesessessesseeeeees 49 Azerbaijan: Parliament Adopts Law Providing for Private Land Ownership /[TAR-TASS] __........ 49 Georgia Georgia: Shevardnadze Comments on Russia's Rodionov Appointment /JPRINDA] _................ ae Georgia: ‘Mixed Reaction’ to Rodionov’s Appointment Seen [ITAR-TASS] .........ccccccccesceseeeeees 50 Georgia: UN Peacekeepers Remain in Abkhazia Despite Expired Mandate [INTERFAX] _........ 50 Georgia: Abkhazia Blames Tbilisi for Failure of Talks [IBERIA] ..........ccccccsccsscccessessseeseseeeneeees 51 Georgia: Tbilisi Conditions on Renewal of Peacekeepers in Abkhazia [IPRINDA] _.................. 51 Georgia: Refugees Press for Russian Pullout From Abkhazia [INTERFAX] o............ccccccccceeeeees 51 BALTIC STATES Estonia Estonia: Minister Meets Council of Europe Human Rights Envoys [BNS] o.........0..:ccccccccseeseeees 52 FBIS-SOV-96-140 19 July 1996 . Central Eurasia Estonia: Hillary Clinten ‘Dances to Estonia's Tune’ on Russians’ Rights /KOMSOMOLSKAYA - I ala ad hdnepettmipuneninnscnnninnonbaneniedbennequionaasece Estonia: Foreign Minister Hails ‘Success’ of CE Visit to Caucasus [ETA] .......s.ccsssesssesesesereees 52 Estonia: Premier Receives British Minister; Agreement Signed [Tallinn TV] .........0.s0ssseeeeseseees 53 Estonia: Russian Groups Plan Election Coalition [BNS] — .......ssssssssssssssssercesesessssseneneesneersernenenenes 53 Latvia Latvia: Premier Hails Experience of Baltic-U.S. Military Exercises [Riga Radio] 0.2.0.0... 53 Latvia: Defense Minister Says Joint Baltic Squadron ‘Realistic’ [BNS] .........ssscsssesererseseeenees 54 Latvia: New Russian Defense Minister's Stance on Baltics Viewed [BNS] ............ccccsccsseeeseeeees 54 Latvia: Ulmanis Addresses Council of Nationalities on Minorities {INTERFAX] _................... 55 Latvia: Foreign Minister ‘Reserved’ Toward Visit of Taiwan MPs [BNS] ..........s.scccseeseseseeeeeees 55 Lithuania Lithuania: Brazauskas Cites U.S. Support; Invites Clinton To Visit [BNS] ........0cssssssceseseesereees 56 Lithuania: Brazauskas Urges Yeltsin To Help Resolve Bilateral Issues [BNS] _ ............:.0s00000000 56 Lithuania: Russia Pressuring U.S. Over Baltic NATO Membership [RESPUBLIKA 10 Jul] _ .... 56 Lithuania: Brazauskas Thanks Kohli for Supporting Baltics’ NATO Bid [BNS] _ ...........ccssse000 57 Lithuania: President Writes Letters to U.S., German, Russian Leaders /Vilnius Radio] _............ 58 Lithuania: IAEA Head: Vilnius, Moscow Must Cooperate in Nuclear Power [INTERFAX] _..... 58 Lithuania: Foreign Minister on Belarus Suggestion for N-Free Zone [BNS] .........scssssseseeeseeeees 58 Lithuania: Joint Lithuanian-Polish Peacekeeping Battalion Planned [ELTA] _ .............s:ssscssessseeees 59 Lithuania: MPs Urge Government To Recognize Chechnya [ELTA] _ ..........ccscsscssssesssesserseseeserenes 59 FBIS-SOV-96-140 19 July 1996 CIS: ITAR-TASS Carries Press Review for 19 Jul LD1907063796 Moscow ITAR-TASS in English 0502 GMT 19 Jul 96 [Press Review" — ITAR-TASS headline) (FBIS Transcribeu Text] MOSCOW, July 19 (Itar-Tass) — Follows a review of Friday's Moscow-based Russian newspapers dated July 19. The press highlights a search for MIA in Chechnya, the hostage release issue, the economic and political situation in Russia, and housing construction. Newspapers report that the Olympic flame is to be lighted in Atlanta on Friday at the opening of the X¥“Y1l Olympic Games, at which Russian Olympians will perform as an independent team for the first time since 1912. IZVESTIYA carries an interview with Colonel-General Valentin Panichev, Chief Military Prosecutor, and his staff about problems connected with attempts to find evidence of corruption in the top echelon of the Defence Ministry. KRASNAYA ZVEZDA runs remarks by President Boris Yeltsin at a visiting session of the Defence Ministry Collegium at the Barvikha sanatorium near Moscow. The President introduced Colonel-General Igor Rodionov, the newly-appointed Defence Minister of the Russian Federation, to the Armed Forces’ top brass. KRASNAYA ZVEZDA on a search for MIA in Chech- nya and endeavours to secure the release of captives held in Chechnya. “We do everything to secure the release of our soldiers from captivity ip Chechnya,” points out State Duma Member Nikoiai Bezborodov, Head of the Group for the search for those missing in action and for the freeing of captives held in Chechnya. As of now, 467 people have been freed, with 366 servicemen among them. IZVESTIYA on the re-emergence of Chechen field commander Salman Raduyev. Under the headline “Salman Raduyev is alive, is back in Chechnya and is preparing yet another act of sabotage”, the newspaper carries a dispatch by its correspondent Vadim Belykh from Chechnya. INTERREGIONAL AFFAIRS 1 The journalist reports that field commander Raduyev, who gained notoriety after the militants’ armed actions at Kizlyar and Pervomayskoye, was transported in an utterly serious condition across the territory of Azerbaijan to one of Middle Eastern countries. Over there, he was healed of his wounds, and had a nose restoration operation performed on him. Early in July, Raduyev returned to Chechnya and again assumed the duties of the commander of the south-western front, the journalist writes. ROSSIYSKIYE VESTI opens up a new rubric, “Ideas for Russia". “There are ideas that can unite everyone” is the headline of an article by Gennadiy Osipov, Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for Socio- Political Studies. ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA runs a Russian government resolution "On measures to protect the consumer market of the Russian Federation from penetration by sub- quality imported merchandise”. ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA carries a column of dis- patches by its own correspondents about the course of the implementaion of the Federal Housing Programme. They point out that housing construction is in progress not only in Moscow but also in Tyumen, Vladimir, Orenburg, and other cities. In all, 124 million square metres of housing have been built in the country over the past three years, and seven million people in Russia have been rehoused. TRUD runs an interview with Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, who believes that “Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are the three countries on which Kyrgyzs- tan’s future depends”. Akayev emphasised that Russia has been and will remain Kyrgyzstan's main ally and partner. SEGODNYA runs an interview with Nikolay Yegorov, former Chief of the Presidential Staff, who has been appointed the Governor of Krasnodar Territory, makes an estimate of the economic and political situation in Russia. is report may contain copyrighted material. Copying and dissemination} is prohibited without permission of the copyright owners. 2 RUSSIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Russia: Gore To Carry Mostly Good News on Russia Back to Clinton MK1807120796 Moscow MOSKOVSKAYA PRAVDA in Russian 18 Jul 96 pl [Article by Mikhail Stoyanov: “Load Off Shoulders") SFBIS Translated Text] Thanks are due to Albert Gore. Had he not come to Moscow for a scheduled session of the intergovernmental commission on economic ard technological cooperation, we woiuid have not come to learn from an authoritative source about the health of our own president. Unlike the inarticulate and monosyl- labic answers of Kremlin servants (0 this question, the U.S. Vice President was articulate: President Yeltsin has made an indelible impression on me. He is in excellent physical shape. I do not see why we should learn about the general state of the head of state, surrounded by so many rumors, from a foreign visitor rather than, as is done in normal countries, from the medical personnel who monitor his health? The Americans would hardly be amused to receive such information about their president from, say, Viktor Chernomyrdin while visiting the United States, rather than from authoritative doctors attending to the White House incumbent. largely depends the success of the operation of the Gore- yrdin Commission, which met for a seventh time. Judging by the list of questions discussed — from trade and investment cooperation and environmental protection to combating crime in the economic sphere and interaction in the area of space research — and the documents passed, the Americans today regard Russia as a serious and promising partner. Concrete areas of cooperation have been defined, in particular, the development of Arctic oil and gas deposits and upgrading the safety of nuclear power stations. Work has begun on a project to jointly assemble a space station called Alfa. Gore's remark on the investments that are supposed to come pouring into Russia is seen by observers within the context of B. Yeltsin's election victory, which is supposed to “unfreeze” American businessmen's desire to invest billions of dollars in the It was not all clear sailing though. The chicken quarters issue resurfaced. According to a BUSINESS-TASS FBIS-SOV-96-140 19 July 1996 correspondent report, Deputy Premier A. Zaveryukha stated that the government intended to impose quotas on food imports, in particular, on the importation of the celebrated American chicken quarters. There followed right off O. Davydov's denial to the effect that no restrictions on trade with the United States were planned, and the subject was not even discussed with the American delegation in Moscow. Did the two deputy premiers fail to agree in advance, as often happens in this country, on what could and what could not be discussed in public? Even tnore spicy appears the Chechen problem that was discussed in Barvikha and on which Gore gave Yeltsin the view of the White House. According to the U.S. Vice President, the discussion of the subject was of a “private and confidential nature,” for which reason he had no right to reveal its contents. It is of course odd that Russia's internal bleeding was being discussed with a foreign visitor in secret, not accessible to the mothers and wives of Russian boys dying in Chechnya. Nevertheless, Ai Gore is going back to Washington with a clear conscience. He can report to Clinton that the cause of reforming Russia is proceeding in the right direction. Returned under the shadow of the Kremlin has been the main privatization man, Moscow is not going to declare war on chicken quarters, and President Yeltsin is in good health, something he also wishes to Bill. This means that four months ahead of the elections, Clinton can safely throw in the face of Republicans who criticized him for supporting the Russian president: We followed the right track. And that would be a load off his shoulders. Russia: Yeltsin Condolences Over TWA Air Crash LD1807163496 Moscow ITAR-TASS in English 1622 GMT 18 Jul 96 (By Yuriy Kozlov} [FBIS Transcribed Text] MOSCOW, July 18 (Itar-Tass) — Russian President Boris Yeltsin has sent a message of condolences to U.S. President Bill Clinton today in connection with a tragic incident in the Atlantic in which the US "Boeing-747" passenger airliner crashed, killing passengers and crew, spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry Viadimir Andreyev said at a briefing here today. The Russian people were shocked by the tragedy, the spokesman said. “Air traffic safety is a common problem faced by the international community,” the diplomat noted. “It is necessary to prepare and adopt a programme of urgent measures for purposes of cardinal improvement of air traffic safety and lessening the is report may contain — 8 prohibited without permission of the copynght owners FBIS-SOV-96-140 19 July 1996 danger of air disasters. Russia, as a big aviation power, is orepared to make its contribution to this work,” the Russian diplomat said. Russia: Moscow on U.S. Trade Sanctions, ‘Anti-Iranian Policy’ NC1807205096 Moscow Voice of Russia World Service in Persian 1500 GMT 18 Jul 96 ("Today's Commentary”]} (FBIS Translated Text] Dear friends. As the events in- dicate, the United States continues to pursue its auiti- Iranian policy vigorous!y. In any case recent decision- making by the Senate in ihe U.S. Congress regarding the legal bill for intensifying ‘ne sanctions against Iran and Libya, the other opponent of the United States on the international scene, is an indication of the same. The issue of the approval of this bill had been pro- pounded for quite some time. President Bill Clinton's government immediately supported it. In June, this bill was presented to the House of Representatives in the U.S. Congress. Exerting pressure on foreign countries inclined to forge economic relations with Tehran and Tripoli is the main point in this bill. Washington has envisaged that the fuel and energy complex is the basis of the respective economies of both countries. It is for this reason that the sharp edge of the aforementioned legal bill is directed toward those companies that intend to invest more than $40 million cumulatively in the explorations sectors of Iran and Libya. This does not seem too enormous, as the extraction of oil and gas and their refining requires massive invest- ment. In addition, in the bill approved by the Senate, companies investing in the production of weapons or the strengthening of the Iranian and Libyan aviation com- plexes will be penalized. The spectrum of specific mea- sures to be taken against foreign comparies interested dealing with Tehran or Tripoli is extremely diverse. The United States can prevent the Import and Export Bank of the United States from granting them credit issuing licenses. It can also ban other American banks from issuing credit of more than $10 million to such annually. If foreign financial institutions wish to deal with Iran or Libya, Washington -vill deprive them of their right to have priority with regard to credit in the form of U.S. government securities. Similarly, the prohibition of imports of goods into the United States by these companies will not be 7 by the House of Representatives and the Senate in the U.S. Congress RUSSIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 3 are different from one another to a certain extent. Therefore, U.S. legislators foresee the compiling of a compromising draft in the conciliation commission. Thus, it is already quite clear that the punitive sanctions against Iran and Libya will be intens‘fied. What reaction the people of the world, including the U.S.’ European allies, will display is another issue. The adoption of similar measures against Cuba resulted in the European Union [EU] taking a series of reciprocal actions. This culminated in President Clinton postponing the implementation of the anti-Cuban Helms-Burton bill for six months. In the United States itself, due to the emergence of a similar reaction on the anti-Libyan and anti-Iranian moves, there seems to be much apprehension. However, the supporters of the tightening of sanctions against Tehran and Tripoli are categorical and say that the European and other countries should choose whether they wish to trade with the United States or with Iran and Libya. Russia: Moscow Backs UN Appeal for ‘Olympic Truce’ LD1807181996 Moscow INTERFAX in English 1623 GMT 18 Jul 96 [FBIS Transcribed Text] MOSCOW, July 18 (Interfax) — Moscow supports the appeal by the president of the U.N. General Assembly to all countries to conclude an "Olympic truce” for the period of the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta from July 19 to August 4, spokesman for the Russian Foreign Minister Vladimir Andreyev toid a briefing in Moscow Thursday. "Russia hopes that while following the Olympic ideals, parties involved in conflicts anywber: in the world will use this week in order to put aside arms and to try to find a decision by means of a dialogue, by means of sense and compromises,” he said. Russia: Moscow Notes Trend for Compromise in NATO's East Expansion LD1807180096 Moscow INTERFAX in English 1623 GMT 18 Jul 96 (FBIS Transcribed Text) MOSCOW, July 18 (Interfax) — Moscow has noted that attempts to look for compro- mise decisions have appeared in the issue of the cast- ward expansion of NATO. This was noticed during the recent meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Yev- geniy Primakov and Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Viadimir Andreyev told a briefing in Moscow Thurs- day. is prohibited without permission of the copyright owners. 4 RUSSIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS “This tende~