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...make life a little uncomfortable for the U.S. leader. "President Clinton needs a deal on missile defense far more than the Russians do right now, and Moscow is showing no sign of backing down on its refusal to renegotiate the Antiballistic Missile Treaty," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier...
...What Washington calls 'renegotiating,' Moscow calls 'destroying' a treaty they see as the cornerstone of arms control," says Meier. The logic of the ABM was that neither side would create a shield that would allow it to fire nuclear missiles at the other without fear of devastating retaliation. Although Clinton hopes to persuade them that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction among "rogue states" necessitates a new approach, the Russians see even the limited plan he has proposed as the thin end of a wedge that could ultimately neutralize their own nuclear deterrent...
...under the gun, Putin has plenty of time on his hands. "Right now, Clinton needs a deal a lot more than the Russians do, because going ahead with his missile defense plan without Russian approval could lead to a dangerous ratcheting up of tension between Washington and Moscow," says Meier. "But from Putin's end, he's looking likely to get the IMF credits he needs, the rise in oil prices has helped his economy recover, and the war in Chechnya hasn't cost him much in terms of foreign pressure. So he may hold...
...with prostitutes - may be a sign that Putin's power won't necessarily translate into an aggressive campaign against graft. "This is a move that primarily protects Yeltsin and his former top aide Pavel Borodin, who originally brought Putin to work in the Kremlin," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "It now looks as though the investigation of the Mabetex affair, the biggest scandal of the Yeltsin administration, which involved allegations of Kremlin officials taking bribes from a Swiss construction company, may be buried along with Skuratov's career. Unless, of course, they're taken forward by the Swiss magistrates...
...West. He also recently pressured the Duma to put off historic hearings into the Bank of New York scandal scheduled for last week until June. "It was to have been the first ever investigative hearing by the Duma, and a number of U.S. congressmen were due to attend," says Meier. "Putin may also be trying to quiet down that one, at least until after his inauguration in May." Last week's endorsement of the START II treaty confirms the impression that, unlike Yeltsin, the new president has disciplined the Duma into doing his bidding. But it's not yet clear...