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...Reported by Tamala M. Edwards/Washington and John Kohan and Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow
...Things have been quiet recently in Georgia, but there are a lot of problems," saysMoscow bureau chief John Kohan. "The economy has broken down, and Shevardnadze is struggling to establish a strong central authority." The bombing, he adds, illustrates the difficulty of theformer Soviet foreign minister'scurrent job. "In some ways it's been harder for Shevardnadze to bring peace to his own country than it was to help end the Cold...
Yeltsin may be looking over his shoulder from his hospital bed. If he were unable to perform his duties as president, rising political star and number two man Viktor Chernomyrdin would take his place, Kohan notes. "It's interesting that Chernomyrdin's press secretary was the first one to announce that Yeltsin was fine and the prime minister would not be taking over for him. The whole thing has a bit of "the lady doth protest too much" quality...
...second vote within the next ten days. A second no-confidence vote within a three-month period would clear the way for Yeltsin todissolve the legislatureand call for new elections. "It's a clever move designed to make the parliament either shut up or toe the line," says John Kohan, Moscow bureau chief for TIME. "The parliament has become a real irritation, with a rapidly growing block of anti-Yeltsin members. So Yeltsin will either get the parliament to back down, or he'll have them totally out of the way for a few months while he pursues...
Russian Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin's political stockhas risen considerably in the wake of his firm handling of the hostage crisis, TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan reports. The Russian press has been unanimous in itsscorn for President Boris Yeltsin's lack of leadership,but has high praise for the Prime Minister. There is now talk that he may run for president next year. The gruff-spoken Chernomydrin has long been in Yeltsin's shadow, says Kohan, but his dramatic televised negotiations over the weekend made him an important political figure in his own right: "While Chernomyrdin has been a Yeltsin...