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...only the outlook for perestroika that is in doubt; Gorbachev's own future seems less than guaranteed. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov repeated the traditional response last week when asked whether the President's position was endangered: "There is no alternative to it. There are no alternative leaders. There are no alternative policies." That is not self-evident. In the Soviet Union there are always alternatives, even if they are unpleasant, and there are always ambitious leaders, even if they are unimaginative...
...sabotaging waterlines, the number of troops and police cadets swelled to 29,000. At first, government forces were told to exercise "maximum restraint." But when Azerbaijani militants turned on the soldiers, troops were instructed to fire in self-defense and to protect army weapons caches. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov said the conflict was "almost civil...
...recent additions to the union. Furthermore, unlike many of the other republics, the Baltics were independent at the time of their incorporation. There is, therefore, a historical basis for treating them as a special case. Perhaps the Kremlin aims to do just that. Last week Soviet government spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov went so far as to speak of establishing a "mechanism for divorce" to deal with the Lithuanian situation...
Soviet officials have given a virtual guarantee they will not use force to keep Lithuania and its 3.7 million residents in the Soviet Union. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Gennady I. Gerasimov told the BBC last week the Kremlin has "only one tool" for preventing a breakup of the union...
...dialogue, dialogue and dialogue," said Gerasimov, who accompanied Gorbachev to Vilnius. "The only way is political means. We have no other choice...