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Last year Boris Yeltsin threatened the West with a ``cold peace'' if NATO extended its membership eastward toward Russia. Well, Yeltsin's cold peace has already begun in Chechnya...
Again, as so often before, Russia has proved that it is in fact an ``evil empire.'' It is committing genocide in Chechnya. What's next? Estonia? Ukraine? When will the leaders of the free world realize the dangers of playing with the bear...
President Boris Yeltsin is sufficiently sophisticated to realize that his political survival is at stake as a result of actions in Chechnya [Russia, Jan. 16]. But it would be harmful for us to cynically view his motivation as solely political. He knows that instability in Russia alienates investors outside the country and that support and aid from the West and the International Monetary Fund are all at grave risk. Accordingly, it is highly doubtful Yeltsin would think he could boost his popularity by using force to suppress secession in Chechnya. Separatism in Russia is infectious! If Yeltsin resigns, does anyone...
...Russia and China of persistent human rights abuses. In its 17th annual human rights report to Congress, the department said "human rights violations span the globe, and no region has a monopoly on abuses." Nonetheless, Russia was singled out for its prolonged and fierce suppression of the rebellion in Chechnya, then slammed for President Boris Yeltsin's failure to prevent arbitary arrests and illegal searches. China drew fire as "an authoritarian state" that tortured political prisoners and waged a war of repression in neighboring Tibet. The verdicts come amid conflicting signals within the Clinton Adminsitration, including a constructive engagement policy...
...economists, is supposed to allow for the estimated $1.2 billion the Chechen campaign has cost so far. If, as it looked last week, the war has not ended but has merely entered a new phase, Boris Yeltsin may find that the price he will eventually pay for the bungled Chechnya venture is beyond his means...