FINANCIAL NEWS.

1. US $ RATE AND THE TURNOVER AT THE MOSCOW INTERBANK CURRENCY MARKET.
2. CURRENT MARKET VALUE (IN RBL) OF STOCKS (LukOil, Rostelecom, RAO Edinye
   Energeticheskiye sistemy (Unified Energy Systems)
3. DEBTS OWED TO MINERS.
4. 2500 BANKS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN RUSSIA.
5. THE TURNOVER OF RUSSIA'S TRADE WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES WILL REACH US $ 80
   BILLION IN 1995.
6. CUSTOMS ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS WORK IN 1994.
7. THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA WORKED OUT REGULATIONS CONCERNING LOANS ON
   SECURITIES.
8. ROUBLE'S MARKET RATE HAS GONE BELOW RB 4,000 FOR US $ 1. IT HAS BEEN A
   RESULT OF A PLOT AIMED AT STRANGLING ROUBLE, Yeltsin's assistant, said.
9. THE CENTRAL BANK IS NOT GOING TO INTRODUCE FIXED US $ RATE.
10. THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA INCREASED THE MINIMUM VALUE OF THE AUTHORIZED
    CAPITAL OF COMMERCIAL BANKS APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION