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Once a sturdy ally of Boris Yeltsin's, Ruslan Khasbulatov has turned into one of his most implacable foes. Last week the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet talked candidly with TIME about the failures of reform, the growing anti- American sentiment in his country and why Yeltsin should quit...
...supporters -- all of Russia!" shouted a second demonstrator. "You have come just in time," Yeltsin told the crowd. "Today will decide the fate of the President, your fate, the fate of Russia." Impeaching Yeltsin would have required a two- thirds majority, or 689 votes -- the actual vote was 617. Khasbulatov, who could have been removed by a simple majority, was saved by a 558-339 vote in his favor...
...prepared to do the whole job, then we should stay out of it. ON GORBACHEV'S FUTURE: The Russians are not going back to Gorbachev. He's a man without a party. The Russians are also not going back to communism. Even the Russian Speaker ((Khasbulatov)), who wants power, doesn't want to do that...
...time the Congress of People's Deputies met Friday, even Yeltsin's archenemy, Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov, was disavowing impeachment. However, that issue remains in doubt. On Sunday an attempt at compromise threw the crisis into an explosive new phase. Yeltsin and Khasbulatov stunned the Congress with a new plan calling for elections and abandonment of the April 25 referendum. The Deputies reacted angrily, voting down the plan and agreeing to a secret ballot on the removal of Khasbulatov and the impeachment of Yeltsin. Both men survived the secret vote. When the Congress convened, Yeltsin was predicting that "there will...
Parliamentary chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov and his army of Yeltsin-baiting Deputies may not realize it yet, but they have done the President a favor by their vote on impeachment. Before the crisis, his popularity was slipping. The moment the Congress attacks began, his approval rating began to climb. "Going after Yeltsin was like waving a red flag at a bull," says a middle-aged chauffeur at the Perovsky garage. "Whatever we may have thought about the President before, he now has our 100% support. It's in the Russian character to stick up for the underdog...