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...erstwhile reformer and now "nowhere man" Boris Yeltsin [WORLD, Aug. 5] has surrounded himself with other "nowhere men." They fiddle while the country burns. In the meantime, Western idealists and cynical Russians despair of ever finding a savior for the Motherland. Poor Russia, so far from God, so close to Siberia. LYNN R. ELIASON Logan, Utah
...vote would make a big difference." Also, like some other young Russians, Kovolev seems to have little in the way of optimism for the future. "It will be about 50 or 100 years before any differences can be made in this country. I should vote to help the motherland, but I just don't have confidence in the country or the leadership. If I were forced to vote," he concedes, "I guess it would be for Yeltsin, since he's winning anyway...
...apartment belonged to Alexander Prokhanov, a virulently nationalistic newspaper editor, and the occasion was an unlikely gathering of politicians, generals and intellectuals from the far right and far left of Russia's ideological spectrum. With little in common save a shared conviction that Boris Yeltsin was destroying the motherland, the members of Prokhanov's salon would practice running the country together. They would form a mock Cabinet, dividing up the various portfolios among themselves. Deciding who got which job was never easy, but the consensus pick for the top post was always the same.''We chose Zyuganov," says Prokhanov. "Every...
About 1,500 citizens pack the Palace of Culture and Art to hear the man so many love to hate. "I have no text," Gorbachev says. "Ask your questions." Instantly, a Russian air force general is shouting: "You bastard! You traitor! You destroyed the motherland. How dare you face the people...
Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigned, and the country's two secular, pro-Western center-right parties scrambled to form an unlikely coalition, after the Islamic-oriented Welfare Party won Turkey's parliamentary elections with 21% of the vote. Although Ciller's True Path Party and the Motherland Party have long been bitter foes, the victory by the Islamists was enough to spur the former enemies to try to cooperate in forming a government. All other major parties have rejected the idea of creating a coalition with Welfare...