Word: moscow
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...have been hastened by his heated public squabble with Berezovsky. After an exchange of personal attacks in press interviews, Berezovsky declared that Chubais' days in government were numbered. The oligarchs followed through, it seems, using their access to the Kremlin's front office. One recent morning, a prominent Moscow businessman says, a report "was placed on the President's desk"--obviously by one of Yeltsin's top aides--and Yeltsin actually read it. The memo warned that Chubais' rosy reports on the economy and payment of salaries to state employees were not only inaccurate but were "disinformation." Says the businessman...
Yeltsin had become suspicious of Chernomyrdin, the most loyal and humble of ministers since 1992, and that sealed his departure. But the Prime Minister had also made powerful enemies recently among some of the ever plotting oligarchs of Moscow's financial world. These powerful capitalists, who have considerable influence with the Family, suspected that Chernomyrdin had begun to favor their rival, Vladimir Potanin of the Oneksim banking group, in deals involving state assets...
...that they had to resign. Chubais was determined to get him for that, and the oligarchs were perfectly happy to see Kulikov go. He was no respecter of private property. And he seemed eager to be a political kingmaker in 2000, using his ministry troops and snoops to back Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, another foe of the free market...
...four days. Kiriyenko is a potential reformer, a petroleum expert who held the post of Minister of Fuel and Energy in the old Cabinet. He's a former communist youth leader and oil-company executive from the reform-oriented city of Nizhni Novgorod. He arrived in Moscow last year, along with Boris Nemtsov, who became a First Deputy Prime Minister. Nemtsov, the former mayor of Nizhni Novgorod, is one of Yeltsin's favorites, and he will probably reappear in a senior post in the next Cabinet. The combination of Kiriyenko and Nemtsov might provide a small boost for reform...
...seems to have no reserves of stamina left, and the breakdowns are coming more frequently now. After he ousted the government last week, he tried to pump himself up again for a summit session with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President Jacques Chirac. But at their meeting outside Moscow, Yeltsin looked confused, weak and fumbling. The price he pays for proving he is in charge is growing higher every day. What is good for Boris may not be good for Russia...