From: mihai@sep.Stanford.EDU (Alexander Mihai Popovici)
Subject: More Romanian News from M.S. 
Organization: Stanford Exploration Project
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:39:42 GMT


More Romanian News from Mihai Sirbu.

From: msirbu@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu
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                       RFE/RL Daily Report

                                  No. 165, August 28, 1992

                   SUCCESSOR STATES TO THE USSR

[...]

UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY LEADER SLAMS MOSCOW'S "GREAT-STATE
CHAUVINISTS." Meanwhile, the head of the Ukrainian parliament,
Ivan Plyushch, in an interview given to Trud on 27 August, accused
Moscow politicians of continuing with their old "imperial"
thinking.  Vestiges of "great-state" chauvinism, he said, were
causing all sorts of problems, including the delay in withdrawing
Russia's troops from the Baltic states and Moldova. As for Ukraine
and Russia, he charged that: "Someone clearly is not interested in
maintaining stability in our relations. Someone still wants to see
Ukraine play the role of "little brother." "All we ask is one
thing," Plyushch stressed: "Don't interfere in the affairs of our
sovereign state." (Bohdan Nahaylo)

[...]

RUSSIAN REGIMENT TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM CHISINAU.  On 26 August the
Russian defense minister, Gen.  Pavel Grachev, and the Moldovan
defense minister, Maj. Gen.  Pavel Creanga, signed an agreement in
Moscow on the withdrawal from Moldova of Russia's 300th paratroop
regiment, which is currently stationed in central Chisinau,
Moldovapres reported.  The regiment's withdrawal had been agreed
upon in principle by Russian and Moldovan military authorities in
May, at which time the Russian General Staff announced their
intent to transfer the regiment to Siberia.  The regiment is not a
part of Russia's 14th Army, which is stationed in eastern Moldova
and is involved in the military conflict there. (Vladimir Socor)

                    CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

[...]

NEW CANDIDATES REGISTER IN ROMANIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE.  On 26
August, Ion Minzatu, leader of Romania's Republican Party,
registered with the authorities as a presidential candidate in the
forthcoming elections.  Minzatu is a controversial political
figure, known for his collaboration with the former regime. Two
further candidates registered on 27 August, namely Caius Traian
Dragomir, running on the ticket of the National Salvation Front
and Mircea Druc, who runs as an independent.  Dragomir, who is one
of the NSF's main strategists, told Radio Bucharest that his party
was striving for "national reconciliation." Druc, a former
Moldovan prime minister who became a Romanian citizen this year,
advocates Romania's rapid reunification with the republic of
Moldova. He was the sixth contender to officially join the
presidential race.  (Dan Ionescu)

[...]

[As of 1200 CET]
Compiled by Hal Kosiba & Michael Shafir


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