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...look at Gorbachev somewhat this way: I see him as a troika. I seem him first as a communist. Second, he's a Russian nationalist. Maybe we should say he's proud of his country; he's a patriot. His purpose is not to abandon communism but to save it. But he also has another facet, which at times overrides the other two, that he is a great, pragmatic politician. And as a pragmatic politician, he sometimes will overrule even his basic communist instincts, or even his national instincts, in the event that his political survival requires...
This new freedom has led to the growing popularity of Pamyat, a Russian nationalist organization that preaches Slavic chauvinism and virulent anti-Semitism...
...March 13. Anyone seeking information was advised to call Katerli's home telephone. A noted author of moral parables, Katerli is of Jewish, Russian and Polish descent and has become used to such crude ethnic provocations ever since she started drawing public attention to anti-Semitism in the Russian nationalist movement...
Pamyat, a hodgepodge of rabid Russian nationalist groups, some operating in secret, spins out tales of a historic Jewish-Masonic conspiracy against Russia. The organization looks for Masonic symbols everywhere, even in the five-pointed red stars atop Kremlin towers. A "de-Zionization" program, attributed to Pamyat, urges that Jews and their relations not be allowed to acquire degrees, join the Communist Party or hold elective office until their numbers in the ruling elite are brought into proportional balance with the population at large...
That incident has sparked rumors across the country that a wave of pogroms against Jews would begin on May 5. Nationalist groups have disavowed any connection to recent anti-Semitic actions, but not in a way that would comfort Jews: writer Stanislav Zolottsev has suggested that it is a provocation aimed at persuading American officials to allow more Soviet Jews to enter the U.S. as political refugees. However, the Moscow prosecutor has begun investigations to determine if Pamyat supporters should be charged with "inciting national and racial hatred and strife." If the inquiry results in a trial, it will...