Johnson's Russia List [list two] 24 April 1997 djohnson@cdi.org [Note from David Johnson: 1. Reuter: Russia and China in Troop Agreement. 2. Reuter: Russia, U.S. Discuss Jewels in Washington. 3. Asia Times: Damon Bristow, Russia playing with fire as it tries to rejoin the Asia game. 4. Asia Times: The long arm of Russian law. (Re Stankevich). 5. Interfax: Atomic Ministry Buys $7M Worth of Supercomputers. 6. Reuter: Russian 1997 spring sowing up on 1996 levels. 7. USIA: FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM IN RUSSIA. 8. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: SVR Aides on Changing Face of Intelligence. 9. Asia Times editorial: When panda and bear cosy up. 10. RFE/RL: Yeltsin Names Nemtsov Energy Minister.] ************ Russia and China in Troop Agreement April 24, 1997 MOSCOW (Reuter) - The presidents of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on Thursday signed a pact on troop reductions along the former Sino-Soviet border which they hope will set an example on how to [909 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=3891312&hilit=CULTURE+FUTURE> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&3964789 Score: 82 Subject: Re: Could intelligent extraterrestrial life exist in our galaxy?