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...summit. Angered by a directive that could raise the cost of paper and printing services as much as 600%, the editors of some of Moscow's most influential publications accused the government of trying to bankrupt the media and called for a strike during summit week. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin summoned the rebellious journalists to his new office to remind them that they had championed the very market reforms that were pushing them into the red. They relented when Chernomyrdin suspended provisions in the decree that would have imposed heavy property taxes on printing plants...
...weary, rambling speech Saturday afternoon, Yeltsin suggested that in a week of compromise talks with Khasbulatov, Zorkin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, he could produce an agreement that might end the power struggle. The President's face looked puffy, and he paused often, setting off mutters among his foes that he was drunk. Maria Sorokina, a Deputy from Lipetsk, her voice almost breaking, went to the podium to say she had been a Yeltsin loyalist and had worked for his election in 1991. No longer, she said. With heavy sighs, referring to the President's speech, she asked, "How long...
...style Soviet rule. But other forms of authoritarian rule or even a dictatorship bent on reversing the reform process are possible. It is obvious that Russia is not on the fast track to transformation into a democratic, free-market society. The unadventurous new Prime Minister, Victor Chernomyrdin, a veteran industrial manager, speaks of the need for a "pragmatic, down-to-earth" approach to change. That certainly means slowing, if not necessarily ending, reforms. Russia cannot be effectively governed in fits and starts. Sooner rather than later, Yeltsin and Khasbulatov will have to find a way out of the political stalemate...
...disaster has prompted an effort to control the price of essential food items such as bread, milk and vodka -- a beverage that many Russians prefer to view, and imbibe, as a staple. In a move denounced by some as antireform, Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin attacked hyperinflation by declaring a cap on manufacturers' profits on basic goods. Regressive or not, it had better work fast, or Yeltsin may find himself emerging from April's referendum with his presidential powers drastically curtailed -- and with no hands to wring...
Gaidar's demise came after two weeks of turmoil at the Congress of People's Deputies. After compromises had collapsed and a constitutional crisis had been averted, Gaidar fared poorly in a vote, and a weary Yeltsin caved in to the conservatives. To succeed Gaidar, Yeltsin sullenly chose Victor Chernomyrdin, 54, a former Communist Party apparatchik from the powerful energy industry...