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...Gorbachev brought last week's confrontation in the capital on himself. Communists inside the Russian republic's parliament had called a special session to mount a no-confidence vote against Yeltsin. Many feel that the maverick Russian should be dismissed for demanding Gorbachev's resignation, for supporting the breakaway Baltic republics and for such other sins as suggesting a separate Russian army...
MOSCOW--Secretary of State James A. Baker III failed yesterday to break a stalemate on arms control treaties with the Soviet Union, but he offered praise for Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's efforts to defuse tensions in he Baltic republics and to energize his stagnant economy...
Rushed to Israel to condemn Scud attacks and turned up last week in the Soviet Union to lambaste Mikhail Gorbachev for the Baltic crackdown...
After the gulf crisis, we must be equally nimble in reordering our priorities. We must immediately turn to a vigorous advocacy of Baltic independence. But it would be irresponsible to jeopardize the war effort by doing so during the crisis. War is no time for moral luxuries. The first task in war is winning...
...trust him. After Soviet paratroops shot their way into the television tower in Lithuania last month, killing 15 demonstrators, Yeltsin flew off to neighboring Estonia and publicly condemned the deployment of soldiers against civilians. He then signed a mutual security treaty between the Russian federation and the three Baltic republics...