Word: belonogov
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more willing to accept peace on his terms than others would be. And as the crisis moves into a period of stalemate, Washington faces real difficulties holding the united front together. For the first time, Moscow openly criticized the American military effort in the gulf. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Belonogov disavowed the U.S. decision to send in troops and questioned whether they would ever leave the area...
Hawkish Soviet generals have begun to grumble that the massing of U.S. troops only 600 miles from the Soviet Union's restive southern border could be intended as a permanent foothold threatening to the U.S.S.R. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Belonogov told parliamentary deputies that the Soviet Union had been "notified" about the U.S. decision to field an expeditionary force but "did not approve." Said he: "We cannot be overjoyed at the stepping up of American military power in the region -- in the short term, because the situation is becoming more and more explosive; in the long term, because there...
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