11.   A return to the Soviet-era practice of paying bills by printing new rubles would likely lead to high inflation.

12.   Camdessus warned Moscow against printing more rubles in an effort to restart its economy and impose more direct controls on the financial system.

13.   Chernomyrdin told parliament Friday that the government would resist calls to print more rubles unless they are backed by a rise in foreign exchange reserves.

14.   He also said the government would resist calls to print more rubles unless they are backed by a rise in foreign exchange reserves.

15.   It is planning to print more rubles to cover at least some of the shortfall.

16.   Most predicted that the ruble would plunge again later this week and warned that its fall would accelerate if the government prints additional rubles to repay wages.

17.   Some hard-liners have been pressing the government to print new rubles in order to pay months of back wages and pensions even though that would fuel inflation.

18.   The Russian government has already begun printing rubles in recent months to cover its huge budget deficit.

19.   Two top economic officials in the new government appeared to disagree on whether to print more rubles to pay millions of workers owed several months of overdue wages.