OMRI DAILY DIGEST

No. 22, Part I, 31 January 1996

According to the latest Eurostat survey, Moscow is the world's most expensive city for business visitors, Russian and Western media reported on 31 January. The basic daily expenses of a business visitor (including a night in a four- or five-star hotel) costs $543 in Moscow, followed by $516 in Tokyo and $468 in Buenos Aires. Minsk and Erevan were among the cheapest cities, at $125 and $132 respectively. -- Peter Rutland