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PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 477 SEC. 528. REPORT ON RUSSIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE President. INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. (a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 5 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the operations and activities of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, including elements purportedly operating outside the chain of command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, outside the borders of the Russian Federation and, specifically, in the other independent states that were a part of the former Soviet Union and in the Baltic States. (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.— The report required by subsection (a) shall include, but not be limited to— (1) an assessment of the numbers and types of Russian armed forces deployed in each of the other independent states of the former Soviet Union and in the Baltic States and a summary of their operations and activities since the demise of the Soviet Union in December 1991; (2) a detailed assessment of the involvement of Russian armed forces in conflicts in or involving Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Tajikistan, including support provided directly or indirectly to one or more parties to these conflicts; (3) an assessment of the political and military objectives of the operations and activities discussed in paragraphs (1) and (2) and of the strategic objectives of the Russian Federation in its relations with the other independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States; (4) an assessment of other significant actions, including political and economic, taken by the Russian Federation to influence the other independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States in pursuit of its strategic objectives; and (5) an analysis of the new Russian military doctrine adopted by President Yeltsin on November 2, 1993, with particular regard to its implications for Russian policy toward the other independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States. (c) DEFINITIONS.— For the purposes of this section— (1) '^e other independent states of the former Soviet Union" means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, T^'ikistan, Tiu'kmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; and (2) "the Baltic States" means Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. SEC. 529. UNITED STATES POLICY ON NORTH KOREA. It is the sense of the Congress that: (1) It is in the United States national security interest to curtail the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons. (2) The North Korea nuclear weapons program is one of the most pressing national security challenges the United States currently faces. (3) North Korea's development of other weapons of mass destruction and of ballistic missiles further threatens United States national security interests and regional security.