Quota and export rules cloud outlook for Russian industry

This paper reports on the Russian republic's strong assertion of control over its oil and gas production and exports which has further complicated the already muddied outlook for the world's No. 1 oil and gas producer. Decrees unveiled Nov. 15-16 by Russian President Boris Yeltsin that stripped the Soviet central government of much of its authority and accelerated economic reform included a ban on some exports of oil and tightening of controls on export deals