1.   New budget measures were approved Tuesday by the Russian parliament.

2.   ...the Russian parliament.

3.   The first Russian parliament was established in a country which had little done to prepare the ground for constitutionalism.

4.   The Russian parliament has ratified the convention on protecting the Black Sea from pollution.

5.   Hundreds of armed riot police are surrounding the Russian parliament building and pro-Communist rebels inside have been given twenty-four hours to surrender.

6.   PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin appeared last night to have narrowly won a reprieve after the Russian parliament had voted overwhelmingly to take the first step towards his possible impeachment.

7.   Among the policemen and television crews crowding around the bridge were two members of Russian parliament, who had raced to the scene.

8.   Another pact to reduce the atomic arsenals of Russia and the United States is stalled in the Russian parliament.

9.   At the same time, the officials played down the political disputes that the IMF agreement could cause within the Russian parliament and the government.