(30 Apr 1998) T/I: 11:29:01


Washington's hopes that the Russian Duma (lower house of parliament) would ratify the START II disarmament treaty were set back on Thursday (30/04) when Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov said his faction would not even discuss it. Communist deputies, who make up one third of the Duma, say they will try and prevent ratification of the treaty to halve Russian and US strategic nuclear arsenals.
The US Senate ratified START II in 1996, but the Duma has refused to approve it, many deputies arguing that Russia cannot meet the financial cost of destroying the weapons.

SHOWS:

MOSCOW, RUSSIA 30/04
0.00 Gennady Zyuganov at press conference; ca cameras;
0.10 SOT Zyuganov in Russian: "In the current conditions, when the security of the country is at zero -- all security systems have been destroyed -- industrial, ecological, personal, basic weapon, everything -- examining this accord makes no sense."
0.24 WS American Embassy;
0.29 US flag;
0.35 SOT American Ambassador James Collins in English: "The president really does want to come and he wants to sit down with President Yeltsin and talk about the next big step in arms control and to do that we really do need to have START II in place."
0.51 US emblem;
0.54 CU book Clinton on cover;
1.00 Collins picking up book and walking out of room;

1.10

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