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OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 187, Part I, 26 September 1995

We welcome you to Part I of the Open Media Research Institute's
Daily Digest. This part focuses on Russia, Transcaucasia and
Central Asia, and the CIS. Part II, distributed simultaneously
as a second document, covers Central, Eastern, and Southeastern
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BRYANSK OFFICIALS WARN OF POSSIBLE "SOCIAL EXPLOSION." Local
government and union officials in southwestern raions of Bryansk
Oblast, affected by radiation from Chornobyl, have sent a
telegram to the Russian president, government, and parliament,
warning of the danger of a "social explosion" if arrears in
compensation payments totaling 63 billion rubles ($14 million)
are not paid. According to ITAR-TASS on 22 September, the
situation is made worse by high levels of unemployment and
arrears in wages and pensions in the area. A local union leader
said that residents do not have the means to buy environmentally
"clean" produce and are being forced to consume locally grown
fruit and vegetables contaminated by radiation. -- Penny
Morvant, OMRI, Inc.
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