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...discussions in Moscow will focus yet again on the proposed expansion of NATO and on Yeltsin's reform plans. A new furor about the NATO issue exploded last week when Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas formally applied for membership in the alliance. The Kremlin put out a statement warning that such moves could generate "undesirable attitudes in civilian and military circles" and "lead to military and political destabilization." Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev grumbled, "We don't like their seeking protection by hiding in NATO...
...cheerful surroundings and youthful excitement, however, are a false window into the mood of most Muscovites. Apart from a few cosmetic changes, the city is literally a mess, giving citizens far more immediate problems to worry about than Kremlin intrigues and superpower summitry. Injuries from slips, falls and other pedestrian mishaps were reported to be running as high as 1,200 a day because the city can no longer afford enough tools and workers to clear the filthy, slush-filled streets. Mountains of sodden cardboard boxes are piling up behind new sheet-metal stands, where vendors sell cigarettes, candy...
...last week at the White House, the former parliament building damaged last October when armed forces loyal to Yeltsin put down a revolt of hard-line deputies. The move was intended to forestall any claims on the space by the new Federal Assembly, whose members are unhappy over a Kremlin proposal to house the two chambers in separate buildings until a new complex can be built on an abandoned sports field just behind the White House. The reported price tag left Russians gagging: $500 million...
...last Sunday evening, when he moved a big step closer to his dream, he was holding up neither chocolate bars nor whips but a glass of champagne at the Kremlin party staged by reformers, which collapsed when the polls turned against them. Early the next morning, still pulsing with energy after a sleepless night, a euphoric Zhirinovsky attended a press conference at his party's command post in a dilapidated Moscow building near the KGB's former headquarters. He had not bothered to change his clothes...
Yeltsin will also have to rethink his strategy. The President can no longer afford to dissipate his energies by constantly squabbling with the parliament. A new posture of conciliation was hinted at last week when Kremlin spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov publicly allowed that parts of the Liberal Democratic and Communist programs "quite correspond to the social aspects of the President's policies -- that is, the social policy of the state, patriotism, making Russia great...