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Kulikov is dubious about these American initiatives. He fears that sound forestry practices will be sacrificed early on because they have not yet proved profitable anywhere in the region. And even in the best of circumstances, U.S. solutions may not work. Says Yuri Du nishenko, the vice chairman of Kha barovsk's Wildlife Research Institute: "We have different soils and a much harsher climate than the U.S. What works in the U.S. may not work here...
...With reporting by Dean Fischer/Washington and Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow
Thousands of Russian troops are headed for the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, reportsTIME's Yuri Zarakhovich. Security has been tightened as far away as Moscow, several hundred miles to the north. "The government is deathly afraid of this," Zarakhovich reports. "They fear that this is only the beginning of what could be a long and bloody series of guerrilla attacks. They've really put the Chechens' backs to the wall, and now they have nothing left to lose." At least 42 have been killed and dozens more wounded in two days of fighting. Some 200 Chechens are holding about...
...leader of the Chechen military promised a big offensive during President Clinton's summit meeting withRussian President Boris Yeltsinin Moscow next week. Clinton will join inV-E day celebrationsthere on May 9. While the Chechen fighting continues to be a sore point in US-Russian relations,TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovichsays the reaction among Muscovites is decidedly low- key. "People have become indifferent here. Their lives are so difficult now as it is and they're mainly concerned with surviving. They don't have time to worry aboutwhat's going on in Chechnya...
...hurt in the blast, and the fire was extinguished within two hours. But while a Japanese pilot and his passengers flying past the area said they witnessed a fireball five miles high, a spokesman for the Russian gas monopoly insisted that the flames only reached 60 feet.TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovichnotes that there has been little trust in what the government sayssince troops were sent to Chechnya, though the Russian press still manages fairly well. "In the old time we had all the government lying. Now the government still lies, but we have an independent press...