VOL. XLII

No. 39

27-September-1999

FSU

Chechen Pipeline By-Pass Ready In Eight Months, RussiansPromise Baku

Russia痴 Minister of Fuel and Energy, Mr. Viktor Kalyuzhny,has informed Azerbaijani President Haidar Aliyev that a new crude oil pipelinebuilt for the purpose of by-passing the rebellious republic of Chechenya willbe operational in six to eight months. Speaking in Baku during an officialvisit, Mr. Kalyuzhny apologized for the fact that Russia would be unable totransport the full volume of...