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...prime-minister formula. Yeltsin aides are also warning that he?s facing another life-threatening health crisis and even ?- in the case of one bizarre story leaked from within the Kremlin ?- that the Russian president died last week. "There are no more illusions now," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "This is the endgame for Boris Yeltsin." Three bomb attacks that killed more than 250 apartment dwellers in a single week have created a groundswell of calls for action among the nation?s politicians ?- and Friday?s call by Yeltsin loyalist and Federation Council speaker Yegor Stroyev for the president...
...clampdown following two apartment bombings that killed almost 300 people in Moscow, the prevailing mood is more resigned than defiant. "There?s an overwhelming sense here of powerlessness and very little faith in the government?s ability to protect citizens from acts of terror," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "People are depressed and demoralized but have nowhere to look for help...
...terrorist activity. They claim to be looking for a two-ton consignment of explosives transported to the capital in sugar bags, and have arrested more than 20 people on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. "But the bombing reveals a lot of what?s wrong in Russia today," says Meier. "The terrorists are suspected of using locally manufactured high-grade plastic explosives, which would imply that someone in the military is selling it. Then it?s transported through all sorts of checkpoints, probably by bribing officials. And then the perpetrators manage to find experts trained in the use of such explosives...
...instability as an excuse for a declaration of martial law. That, in turn, would facilitate the cancellation of December?s parliamentary election and next year?s presidential poll. "Law enforcement here talks not about a list of suspects but a list of ?versions,?" says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. In the minds of Muscovites, all of the above may be plausible "versions." "And," says Meier, "in Moscow the perception may be as important as the reality." With the Caucasus far from pacified and the swirl of scandal around the Kremlin increasing the incentive for its current occupants to hang onto...
...quickly into the hands of the targets of the probe. "The concern here is not that individual criminals have bought off individual law enforcement officials, but rather that the police, prosecution and security services all toe the line of the political powers that be," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "Russia?s huge, well-organized criminal organizations were born, and continue to thrive, because of their access to political power...