DATE: Thursday, July 31, 1997               TAG: 9707310449

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FOCUS: RUSSIA'S MILITARY REFORMS LAST WEEK, AFTER A DECADE OF WATCHING HIS COUNTRY'S MILITARY FORCES CRUMBLE BEFORE HIM, PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN INITIATED THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL MILITARY REFORMS IN RUSSIA'S MODERN HISTORY. EXPERTS CALL THEM PAINFUL BUT NECESSARY.

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