Word: chernomyrdin
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Yeltsin may be looking over his shoulder from his hospital bed. If he were unable to perform his duties as president, rising political star and number two man Viktor Chernomyrdin would take his place, Kohan notes. "It's interesting that Chernomyrdin's press secretary was the first one to announce that Yeltsin was fine and the prime minister would not be taking over for him. The whole thing has a bit of "the lady doth protest too much" quality...
...raid came at a particularly embarrassing moment for the Kremlin. Only hours before the assault began, Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin had claimed that the government had taken measures to prevent terrorist attacks on Russian territory. With security tightened throughout Russia against more Chechen terror, President Boris Yeltsin immediately vowed to do everything possible to free the hostages, denouncing the attack as "unprecedented in cynicism and cruelty." In reality, the Kremlin had few options. It was certainly not prepared to negotiate an end to the Chechen war under such conditions, making a show of force inevitable...
...floors. Women holding white sheets were pushed to the windows as targets. Both sides agreed to a cease-fire, and 227 hostages were freed; but shooting resumed again after five hours. When a second Russian attempt to storm the hospital failed, an uneasy stalemate settled in. Chernomyrdin moved to break the deadlock by calling rebel leader Basayev directly by telephone at the hospital to discuss conditions for the release of the hostages, including a cease-fire in the Chechen war. Yeltsin meanwhile had gone to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the summit of the seven leading economic powers was being held...
Russian Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin's political stockhas risen considerably in the wake of his firm handling of the hostage crisis, TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan reports. The Russian press has been unanimous in itsscorn for President Boris Yeltsin's lack of leadership,but has high praise for the Prime Minister. There is now talk that he may run for president next year. The gruff-spoken Chernomydrin has long been in Yeltsin's shadow, says Kohan, but his dramatic televised negotiations over the weekend made him an important political figure in his own right: "While Chernomyrdin has been a Yeltsin...
...convoy. The gunmen agreed to release the hostages after Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomydrin, in a series of dramatic televised telephone negotiations with rebel leader Shamil Basayev, agreed todeclare a ceasefire in Chechnya, resume peace talks and give the gunmen safe passage home. The normally reticent Chernomyrdin surprised many with his decisive action. The government had endured a firestorm of criticism overPresident Boris Yeltsin's decision to attend the G-7 meeting rather than stay to deal with the crisis. The just-released hostages were especially angered by Yeltsin's order to use force against the terrorists. More than...