Russia is both politically and economically unstable, andcontributes more to the proliferation of weapons of massdestruction than at any point since 1992.
(Archived document, may contain errors) 1001 Russian President Boris Yeltsin will visit Washington September 27-29 for a sum mit meeting with President Bill Clinton. Yeltsins position at home is now more secure than it was at the time of the last U.S.-Russia summit at Moscow in January 19 94. The Russian economy, though still quite weak, is relatively stable. Inflation is about 5 per cent a month, less than half of what it was at the beginning of the year. The transition to ward a market economy continues, and the rule of law is gradually taking hold.