Word: chechnya
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...even make it into the second round of the election that will result if, as expected, no candidate wins a majority on the first ballot. It is also unclear whether he could beat Zyuganov one on one, saddled as he is with the weight of illness, the war in Chechnya and his identification with the pain and corruption of reform. Even if he were re-elected, who would push ahead with reform now that he has thrown its leading advocates out of his Cabinet...
...Chechnya has resulted in tragedy for the Chechens, humiliation for the Russian army and political disaster for Boris Yeltsin. His nemesis in the breakaway republic is Jokhar Dudayev, 52, the rebel President, formerly a major general in the Soviet air force. Dudayev lives on the run, moving every night. Time's Yuri Zarakhovich spoke to him recently in a safe house about 500 yds. from the nearest Russian outpost...
TIME: What could the U.S. do to help settle the conflict in Chechnya...
...lower inflation, and stabilize the exchange rate. Russian government planners have been counting on the loan for some time, and have already factored billions from the IMF into future budget predictions. The loan comes at a convenient time. Russia's economy is heavily burdened by the cost of the Chechnya war, and the loan may indirectly take some pressure off. There may also be benefits for Yeltsin's reelection campaign, since the IMF considers better social security part of the reform process, a belief which dovetails nicely with Yeltsin's electioneering promises to devote resources to the needs of ordinary...
...term as president of Russia. "I am sure I can bring the country through troubles, anxiety and uncertainty," Yeltsin said in an announcement speech to crowds in his Ural Mountain hometown. Facing steadily rising unpopularity over the state of the Russian economy and his conduct of the war in Chechnya, Yeltsin is seeking to appeal to voters as the only acceptable alternative to communist and nationalist candidates that he says would turn back from reforms. "I spend sleepless nights analyzing what we have done and thinking about the future," Yeltsin said. "Every time, I feel convinced we have chosen...