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Paper ruling

Monday 03 August 1992 23:02 BST
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Constitutional Court was asked to rule on whether the legislature's attempt last month to take control of Izvestia newspaper is constitutional. Izvestia had belonged to the Soviet legislature until last year's coup, when it became independent.

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