61.   President Boris Yeltsin promises to improve tax collection and cut spending.

62.   The big cards on the table are proposals to increase taxes and improve collection, privatize inefficient state companies, and cut off wasteful banks from federal coffers.

63.   The budget proposal also includes a capital gains tax reduction, aimed at stimulating interest in the Portuguese stock market, and measures to improve tax collection.

64.   The cash-strapped Russian government, on the other hand, is desperately trying to improve tax collection so as to diminish the budget deficit.

65.   The IMF has also demanded that the government streamline state monopolies, such as the Gazprom natural gas giant and improve tax collection.

66.   The IMF has told Russia that it needs to slash its budget, dramatically improve tax collection and make its financial workings more visible.

67.   The government has made countless promises to improve tax collection.

68.   The government has pledged to improve tax collection.

69.   The government plan also calls for improving the collection of fees from viewers to support state-run radio and television stations.

70.   The IMF has generally urged Russia to cut spending, improve tax collection and change its banking system and bankruptcy laws.