European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9soviet troops uneasy in German Uncertain future at Home heightens fears by Mark Fritz the associated press Mahl Winkel Germany Dimitri Chernov feels the heat in the nation he helped occupy and fears the chaos in the one he Calls Home. A a in a afraid of the future a said the 22-year-old soviet lieutenant stationed near this East German Village. A i done to know where ill be sent or what it will be like when i get  fear that the red army will shatter along the same ethnic lines of the crumbling soviet Union is very real among the soviet soldiers still stationed in Easterie Germany. They have been largely insulated from the confusion Back Home. But they have become vulnerable to the growing disorder in what was once East Germany. On oct. 13, soviet troops at a Barracks in Eastern Germany fired warning shots to disperse a group of Neo nazis bring tear Gas pistols at the soldiers. Last month someone firebombed a soviet truck in East Berlin. There have been More than 20 reported instances of vandalism at the graveyards of soviet soldiers who died during world War ii. Soviet military officials say soldiers have been robbed and beaten. Even a special Holiday Home for soviet children suffering radiation sickness from the chernobyl nuclear disaster was attacked by rightists shouting a a rope a tree a russian  during a visit to Chernove a base secluded in a Forest near Mahl Winkel German defense minister Gerhard Stolten Berg told soviet soldiers last week that the government was fighting the Rise in violence. A we want you to Fly Home with Good impressions a he told about 400 Young officers at the base 75 Miles West of Berlin. Stoltenberg accompanied new soviet defense minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov who assured soldiers and about 50 officers wives that their benefits and careers would remain intact. But such assurances were received warily when a Central framework for a Federal army is far from guaranteed in the soviet unions Uncertain future. The red army is to Complete its withdrawal from Eastern Germany by the end of 1994 under terms of German unification. About 120,000 of the 370,000 soldiers and airmen once stationed in East Ger Many have left. The German government is spending nearly $5 billion to help build 36,000 Homes in the soviet Union for returning soldiers. Shaposhnikov said the troop withdraw Al will slow in the coming year because of housing difficulties but he said it will finish on time. Only 2,000 Homes Are expected to be completed by years end. Shaposhnikov also said the republics of the Ukraine and byelorussian want to prevent soviet soldiers from occupying the Homes being built in their territories. Chernove a base which houses a helicopter Fleet artillery brigade and Light armoured units is Only a snort hike Down a i is country Road from Mahl Winkel but socially it is a world away. A we Are living in the Woods and we Are no problem to the people around us a Chernov said his German fluent enough to convey  there is Little overt animosity exit dressed in Mahl Winkel a depressed Vil age of 800 people facing High unemployment because of a collapsing local farm Economy. Since East germans toppled their communist government in 1989, residents of the Village say the soviet soldiers have maintained a Low profile. Street signs still s4s map warn of tank Crossings but it has been two years since armoured units roared Down the Cobblestone streets of this Dusty Village. Soviet troops entered the Village on aug. 3, 1945, after a Brief occupation by american and British soldiers said Elfreda Braunschweig 76. A i did no to think i would live Long enough to see them leave a she said with a laugh. A i m still not  German Neo nazis in Madrid Spain give the fascist Salute at a sunday rally honouring Gen. Francisco Franco on the 16th anniversary of the Spanish homage to a dictator dictators death. Several thousand people including groups of foreign rightists listened to anti democracy speeches but no violence was  of crime in russian capital not a pretty picture Moscow up a seven people were murdered in a 24-hour period in Moscow according to police reports sunday that also showed a spate of other crimes Over the weekend in the russian capital. In a country that once boasted of its virtual immunity from crimes attributed to Western capitalism crime Here has been increasing. In addition to the increase in actual crime there also is an increase in crime reporting. The russian Interior ministry even holds occasional press briefings to discuss crime. A a criminal chronicle tabloid is snapped up on the Street. And russian television even has a regular True crime show. And there has been a rash of vandalism car burglaries and other crimes committed against foreigners who May be seen to be better off financially than  this particular night of violence prompted one Moscow police official to describe the weekend As one of a very Many murders a according to the soviet news Agency Tass. During the same Busy 24-hour period Tass said there were 34 property thefts and burglaries 27 car thefts 62 fires and six false alarms and 22 vehicle accidents in which two people were kilted and 23 injured. The seven killings topped the six murders Moscow recorded during an Early fall weekend. Few details were offered about the crimes which Tass., said can generally be blamed on a alcoholic  it cited the Case of two labourers who got drunk after work and got into a violent quarrel with one stabbing the other. Although drinking May play a role in some crimes alcoholic drinks Are just As hard to find in this City of Vodka rationing As Many other consumer  become cold reality in soviet Union Moscow up a fuel shortages continued sunday in the Chilly soviet far East City of Khabarovsk. Chita was running out of electricity As the dark siberian Winter set in. Gasoline shortages affected an extensive area from the Western end of the country to Centra Asia. Daily shortage reports and forecasts have taken on the feel of weather reports a bad weather reports. Moscow a food lines and food prices Are reported on television newscasts As often As the weather is and Are More a topic of conversation than the weather. The Komsomol Skaya pravda newspaper printed a map of the country and instead of showing where it was cold sunny or Cloudy the map showed where heat electricity and water could be found. In the City of Chelyabinsk people went so far As to try to use their televisions to generate a Little heat at Home. In fact Komsomol Skaya pravda headlined its Story on shortages a the a Electron television will warm you in  in the siberian Community of Chita electricity was rationed to a few hours in the morning and evening. The republics of Georgia Uzbekistan the Baltic and elsewhere also were experiencing electricity shortages. Uzbeks were threatened with fines for using too much electricity. Gasoline shortages appeared to be the most widespread. The Komsomol Skaya pravda map showed a car in Eastern Siberia waiting in line for Gas in Rostov on the Don located on the other Side of the country. Perhaps the most serious problems have been the heating fuel shortages in Khabarovsk a City of 600,000 in the far Eastern part of the soviet Union. Inside temperatures there have been barely above the freezing temperatures on the outside. Izvestia reported that Khabarovsk residents line up to get into heated military tents set up around the City. Cold temperatures killed two residents of an old folks Home Izvestia reported. It said that even hospitals were cold and schools were closed because of no heat. T Power Plant accidents maintenance neglect and failure to deliver supplies have been blamed for the problems. In Armenia however the fuel shortages were blamed on a political dispute with neighbouring Azerbaijan which blocked some supplies