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...Soviet Union as the "world's second ranking power." The remark, which surprised many Westerners in the audience, was consistent with the message he has been stressing at home: that the Soviet Union must squarely face up to the problems in its economic system. Soviet Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov later told TIME that it was the first time Gorbachev had put his country's runner-up status so bluntly. Quipped Gerasimov: "He conceded -- to Japan...
...language worked out was both tortured and mushy, just what was needed to defer the dispute to another day. Says Gerasimov: "It means we postponed our quarrels." The negotiators in Geneva were instructed to "work out an agreement that would commit the sides to observe the ABM treaty, as signed in 1972, while conducting their research, development and testing as required, which are permitted by the ABM treaty, and not to withdraw from the ABM treaty for a specified period of time." Behind the convoluted language lies a compromise that allows the two leaders to take opposed positions...
Soviet officials said Star Wars was not even an issue. Gerasimov said a missile-defense system was not technically feasible...
...There is no quarrel now [on Star Wars]," Gerasimov said on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley." "That's my point. There may be quarrel later...
Soviet officials last week confirmed rumors that Yeltsin had suffered more than a political ailment. Several days before his ouster, he entered a cardiac unit of an elite Moscow hospital for treatment of "heart trouble." But Chief Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov insisted that "his illness is not a serious one." In any case, Yeltsin was well enough to leave the hospital two weeks ago, albeit reportedly against his doctors' wishes, and attend the party meeting during which he was fired. Having swallowed that bitter pill, Yeltsin returned to the hospital for further medical care...