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President Clinton called Russian President Boris Yeltsin to urge him tomake the cease-fire in Chechnya permanent. Yeltsin had ordered a halt in fighting until after Clinton's visit to Moscow to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Clinton called Yeltsin's order a welcome first step but he remains concerned about Russia's massive use of force to keep Chechnyan territory. Will Yeltsin have a change of heart? There has been no indication yet, butTIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovichsays "the government wants to create a good mood for the Clinton visit," but their actions...
...Duma, the lower body of the Russian Parliament, voted nearly unanimously (286-1) to prohibit the use of the army except in case of foreign invasion, and called for the government to forge animmediate ceasefire in Chechnya"without any preconditions."TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovichsays that the move actually will have very little effect on government policy. "It's a purely symbolic act," he says. "But it's a moral blow to theprestige of Yeltsin. In practical terms, if the president doesn't like it he can just dissolve the parliament...
Russians Fight On in Chechnya...
Despite taking two important Chechen cities, Argun and Shali, last week, the Russian army faces a long slog in Chechnya. "It won't end so quickly," said the Russian commander, Colonel General Anatoli S. Kulikov. "We calculate that by the summer period, we can establish control of two-thirds of the territory...
...prepare for combat because the four computer systems handling the pictures couldn't talk to one another. Today Intelink users can punch up on their computers the most recent satellite photos, as well as thousands of pages of classified reports from various intelligence agencies. White House aides monitoring the Chechnya crisis were able to dial into Intelink for daily CIA updates on the civil war. Advisers confused about conflicting news reports on the fighting referred to another menu item: an animated video, based on satellite photos, that showed how Russian and Chechen soldiers were maneuvering against each other...