POLITICS

1. PAVEL GRACHEV, DEFENSE MINISTER, REPORTED TO THE STATE DUMA DECEMBER 18 ON
   MORALE IN THE TROOPS.
2. CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST VLADIMIR PANSKOV, FINANCE MINISTER, NOT YET CLOSED.
3. WILL THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT BE OVERTHROWN ? 
4. THE STATE DUMA MANDATE COMMITTEE DID NOT APPROVE THE MANDATE OF SERGEI
   MAVRODI.
5. PRESIDENT YELTSIN : MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE INDIGNANT ABOUT THE US
   ACTIONS.
6. WARSAW MAKING APOLOGIES TO RUSSIA.
7. DECISION ABOUT RESTRUCTURING OF THE STATE TV WILL BE THOUGHT OUT CAREFULLY.