Word: moscow
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...resounding "nyet." Putin simply emphasized that Chechnya was an internal fight against terrorism, and shouldn't impinge on U.S.-Russian relations. Despite appearances, however, Putin, may not be the man in charge of the Chechnya campaign. "The generals have reemerged as a serious force in Russian politics," says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. "The process began with last year's sudden deployment in Kosovo, which was a far more serious development in Russian domestic politics than the West realized at the time." Back then the Kremlin found itself playing catch-up as the generals ordered their men to seize Pristina...
...hazelnut imbroglio wasn't Tony's first dip into murky foreign political waters. In 1997, sources tell TIME, Tony--working as a consultant for a company trying to do business in Russia--arranged a White House meeting for Moscow's powerful Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Rodham was working for Gene Prescott, who was involved in IBN, a start-up that wanted to bring "smart" credit-debit cards to Russia and was hoping for the support of Luzhkov. Prescott knew Luzhkov wanted to meet with Clinton and asked Tony if he could set it up, according to Tony. Former White House officials...
...been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a convoy heading for the border. But U.N. moves to send a humanitarian team to assess the needs of refugees from the conflict, and President Clinton's exhortation to the two sides to "stop fighting and start talking," signaled that Moscow may be unable to keep what it considers a domestic matter from becoming an international concern. "Russian foreign policy recognizes the U.N. as the final arbiter of international justice, and a U.N. mission to assess the needs of refugees that makes it harder for Moscow to control the way the conflict...
...more immediate concern to Moscow, though, is the fact that the Chechnya issue is now beginning to dominate its discussions with Western leaders. Last week, it took over the agenda of a meeting between Putin and the European Union, which had been scheduled to discuss economic assistance. And now Washington is stepping up its criticism, urging Russia to solve its conflict with Chechnya through dialogue. "Chechnya threatens to displace Russia's preferred concerns at the top of the agenda in its dealings with the West," says Meier. Even more alarming for the Kremlin is the fact that Washington is casting...
...will be watching with interest because of the complex struggle for influence along the route of the pipeline pumping Caspian Sea oil to the West. Azerbaijan and Georgia's active support of the Chechens and preference for NATO makes a friendly regime in Yerevan that much more important to Moscow. But while the high stakes in Armenia's geopolitical stance may offer a context for Wednesday?s shootings, they offer no explanation...