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...agenda begin briefing him from a lectern beside the table. One day the topics might be land reform and the economic difficulties of Russia's Far North. On another day the focus might be on more immediate problems, like the conflict with Ukraine over the Black Sea fleet. Yeltsin usually listens in silence, his immobile face looking as if it were carved in stone. He has the reputation of being a tough taskmaster, but he is also said to be fair and -- most of all -- loyal to his staff...
...Concerned that bickering between Kiev and Moscow might degenerate into a violent conflict, the West has been pressuring both sides to come to terms peacefully. Russian President Boris Yeltsin recently took a step in that direction, announcing that Moscow had dropped its insistence that the 380-ship Black Sea Fleet, based in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, was a "strategic force" that should fall under joint Commonwealth command...
Wrangling over the Black Sea force has poisoned Russian-Ukrainian relations for months, with Kiev demanding at least 30% of the fleet as the foundation for a new national navy and Moscow refusing to yield. Now, following Yeltsin's announcement, a commission will be created to decide how to divide up the fleet equitably...
Even as the Black Sea Fleet dispute heads toward resolution, larger issues continue to strain ties between the two states -- including the overall future of the Crimea and Kiev's resistance to Russia's taking the lead on economic reforms. Specially printed Ukrainian coupons, designed as a temporary currency to phase out use of the Soviet ruble, circulate freely in the republic. In Yalta's shops, cashiers give change in a random mix of coupons and rubles that leaves the buyer guessing about the value of both...
...morning after my engagement became official, radios across the country came alive with the news of the Japanese destruction of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor...