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...bless Poland's membership last August. But two weeks later, he sent a letter to the leading NATO capitals to say Moscow did not approve of enlarging the alliance in the near term. Some experts saw in that the hand of military hard-liners, but Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, a supporter of strong ties with the West, was also quietly warning allied governments against isolating Russia. "We call on East Europeans and NATO to think again," says a senior Russian diplomat, "whether there is much sense in expanding NATO today when neither NATO nor Eastern Europe is threatened by anybody...
...there has been no official repudiation or even criticism of the cynical policy proclaimed by Russia's Foreign Minister, Andrei Kozyrev, at the United Nations: "Russia realizes that no international organization or group of states can replace our peacekeeping efforts in this specific post-Soviet space." This is nothing less than an abbreviated version of the Brezhnev Doctrine, which asserted Moscow's right to intervene in the former Communist world...
...population, local Russians plan to hold a plebiscite this week on the question of regional autonomy -- a move the Estonians have denounced as "unconstitutional." Western governments have voiced concern about growing discrimination against minorities. But the harshest rebuke has come from Moscow, where Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev denounced the law as "quiet apartheid" and "ethnic cleansing in white gloves...
...council could present an obstacle because the Russians, who hold veto power, insist on taking the Bosnian Serbs' May 15 referendum seriously. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev said he hoped "the population will be wiser than its legislative branch." Moscow he said, was not excluding "any option, including tough measures" if the Serbs remain defiant, but Washington wonders if Russia would approve air strikes against fellow Slavs...
...also ready to take "additional measures to preserve the balance of power in the country." Whether he goes to the people with a referendum or a nonbinding plebiscite, he will again face the problem of enforcing the result if he wins. In a telephone call, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev assured U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher that Yeltsin was determined to carry out the poll, possibly by April 25, and would then try to find a way to hold new elections. If he is able to fulfill that plan, especially new elections, it could be the best possible outcome...