Word: korzhakov
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...fact, extraconstitutional jockeying has already begun, and in connection with the most serious matter--control of Russia's nuclear weapons. Moscow sources told TIME that last Thursday the President's closest advisers convened an urgent meeting in the Kremlin. Among those present was Alexander Korzhakov, the former KGB officer who serves as Yeltsin's top bodyguard and crony. The gist of the meeting was that under no circumstance should the briefcase containing the codes for Russia's nuclear arsenal be transferred to Chernomyrdin. That briefcase is with Yeltsin in his hospital room. Korzhakov is one of the few people...