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...Russian history who rose out of nowhere to challenge the powers that be. Yeltsin donned this historic mantle when he led his populist crusade against Gorbachev. Now Yeltsin must be careful that no golden-tongued rabble rouser gathers throngs of the disenchanted for a new march on the Kremlin...
...Russia, food is harder to find in the cities and prices rise. The sting in the air makes shopping even more of a hardship. As citizens trudge from store to store in the dark, their frustration is, as it has always been, aimed at their leader in the Kremlin. But unlike the Czars and the General Secretaries before him, Yeltsin does not rely on terror to enforce the silence and passivity of the populace. Instead, he has to address its grievances and contend with its elected representatives...
...Balts view the issue differently: Russian migration was the means by which the Kremlin subjugated them. "Is making Latvian the official language a deprivation of human rights?" asks Viesturs Karnups, director of the Latvian Department of Citizenship. Argues Estonian journalist Tarmu Tammerk: "There is a misperception in the West. Most Russians here have come to terms with the fact that this is a foreign country...
...crackdown followed weeks of criticism of Yeltsin's reform policies and reflects the Kremlin's general nervousness in the run-up to the December session of the Congress of People's Deputies, where the dominant communists plan to seek the government's resignation and a curb on free-market reforms. In his other show of clout, Yeltsin chose to disband a 5,000-strong police force controlled by one of his major rivals, legislative speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov. Ironically, the so-called Cardinal's Guard was originally formed to protect the Russian legislative building after last year's failed coup. Yeltsin...
...seemed most unlikely. Noting the army of guards Perot employs, a skeptical former business associate remarked, "The guy's got more security around his family than the Kremlin. And he can't protect a wedding?" Perot in fact admitted he had no proof, and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quickly compared him to someone who had "latched on to UFO theories." Perot does have a history of scenting conspiracies everywhere, and one of his suspicions seems to have inspired a questionable FBI sting. After Perot complained to Dallas police about an alleged Republican plot to wiretap him, Jim Oberwetter, head...