Telephones: 672,000 (1993 est.)
Telephone system: poor service; 339,000 unsatisfied applications
for telephones (December 1990 est.)
domestic: NA
international: landline to CIS members and Turkey; satellite earth
station - 1 Eutelsat; leased connections with other countries via
the Moscow international gateway switch; international electronic
mail and telex service available
Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 3
Televisions: NA
Defense ———-
Branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces,
Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 1,288,291 males fit for military service: 1,021,632 males reach military age (18) annually: 40,654 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $60 million to $65 million, NA% of GDP (1995)