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. THOMAS PICKERING, AMBASSADOR OF THE USA IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAID
   SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT REGIONS FOR US INVESTMENTS
   IN RUSSIA.
4. BANK "SANKT-PETERBURG" PAID HIGH DIVIDEND.
5. IN JANUARY THE RATE OF THE ROUBLE GREW STRONGER, ALTHOUGH NOMINALLY ITS
   DECLINE WAS CONTINUING.
6. SHORT TERM GOVERNMENT BONDS ARE INTRODUCED BY FORCE.
7. DRAFT LAW ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET FOR 1995 HAS PASSED THIRD READING.
8. CONDITIONS FOR INTRODUCTION OF FIXED ROUBLE RATE MAY FORM IN RUSSIA IN
   MAY-JUNE 1995.