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Yeltsin may talk about doing away with the central authorities, but he still wants some kind of union. Yet the failed coup has inspired a mass exodus of republics, fearful of the restoration of a new Russian empire under Czar Boris. Although Gorbachev's statement that "the Soviet President and the Russian parliament need each other" drew jeers from Russian Deputies, that claim may yet be vindicated. Gorbachev can certainly play a crucial role now as an independent mediator, power broker and guarantor of a new Union...
...Gorbachev proved his skills as a go-between when he negotiated the last, never signed union treaty. Whether the nation that emerges out of the rubble now takes the form of a federation, confederation or commonwealth, there will still be a need for some kind of governmental body to judge the conflicting claims of the member states. The President of the Soviet Union is the logical candidate to assume such an executive role, and that means Gorbachev...
...coup has taken some of the luster off the Kremlin's Nobel Peace laureate in the eyes of the outside world, but Gorbachev still remains the one Soviet politician with whom international leaders feel comfortable doing business. In diplomacy the Yeltsin factor looms large. His heroic stand against the conspirators won him applause abroad, but foreign diplomats are less enthusiastic about what they have seen of the Russian president since the putsch was crushed. Gorbachev's prestige abroad will prove to be important capital in the bank, especially now that his homeland is entering a new era of absorption with...
...lining up to grant recognition to the three Baltic republics; how it will deal with seven more candidates clamoring for full admission into the club is another matter. For the interim, foreign visitors will still want to stop first at the Kremlin to catch the familiar voice of Gorbachev above the babble...
...Gorbachev-Yeltsin alliance has long been an axiom of reform politics in the Soviet Union. The combination may not make for the most stable relationship, but the two complement each other neatly in experience and temperament. Gorbachev is the cautious infighter who thinks out every move in advance; Yeltsin is the street brawler who goes with his heart and throws caution to the winds. Gorbachev is the sophisticated world traveler who shows presence of mind in the White House or the Vatican; Yeltsin is the blunt- spoken man of the people, comfortable mixing with workers on a shop floor...