May 21 Miners block about 400 freight and passenger trains while teachers tie up traffic in Moscow to protest unpaid wages. May 22 Moscow urges Pakistan to show restraint following India's nuclear test explosions. The Duma elects Oleg Mironov human rights ombudsman. Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja meet Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Monday in the Kremlin. It's the first official visit by a Norwegian monarch since 1905.
Some Russian newspapers forecast a possible devaluation of the ruble.
Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko says he would not consider such a move. May 29 President Boris Yeltsin sacks tax service chief Aleksander Pochinok. May 30 Mir computer crashes leaving space station adrift in orbit. European Internet Network Inc. All rights reserved. Join 1000's of paid subscribers who read more than just the headlines.