Word: burlakov
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scandal are hard to measure, but by some estimates the state may have lost as much as $65 million to illegal financial deals involving the sale of military property in Germany during the past four years. To defuse mounting public criticism, President Boris Yeltsin dismissed General Matvei Burlakov from his post as Deputy Defense Minister "to protect the honor of the Russian armed forces...
Declaring that "today is the last day of the past," Russian President Boris Yeltsin presided over a Berlin ceremony ending 49 years of Soviet military presence in Germany. The last 1,800 troops -- down from 338,000 in 1990 -- will leave this month. Ordered by Major General Matvei Burlakov, commander of the Russian forces in Germany, "to take everything with them," the soldiers stripped their military installations of window frames, toilet fixtures, doorknobs and wiring. After all, Burlakov said, even a cement pole "can be traded in Russia for five pigs...
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