Word: parliament
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...more cynical, as if those who had ordered it felt they were ridding themselves of a minor irritation. At her funeral last week there was a collective sense of outrage. Coming on the heels of a burst of depressing public statements--anti-Semitic diatribes by another member of parliament, claims that the Russian security services were being used for free-lance assassinations, allegations of corruption leveled against Yeltsin--the killing reminded everyone of the dark side of Russian politics. And it has reignited the old debate about how Russia should be ruled: Can liberal democracy work, or is a more...
Galina Starovoitova was a Russian democratic politician of the old school. An ardent admirer of the late Andrei Sakharov, she had once been a powerful force in the Duma, the lower house of parliament. In recent years her voice was lonely and often ignored. But hers was a name that many Russians knew, and if she no longer held great political power, her moral power remained intact...
Authorities have only themselves to blame for that transformation. Determined to prevent any disruption of the parliamentary session, military brass turned Jakarta into an armed camp. Troops blocked off key intersections as well as the Parliament building--ground zero for the protests that helped topple Suharto in May. Warships and even a submarine prowled inexplicably in the harbor. More ominously, an additional 125,000 civilian "volunteers"--thugs hired mostly from Indonesia's fiery Muslim youth groups--fanned out across the city to intimidate the opposition...
...needs nukes? They're such a drain on U.S. resources that the Pentagon wants to cut its nuclear arsenal without waiting for the Russian parliament to ratify the START II treaty, according to the New York Times. The treaty, which would halve each country's missile force, was signed in 1993, but communists and nationalists have delayed parliamentary endorsement as a partisan bargaining chip...
...professor, is the head of the commission of the Duma that is seeing whether grounds exist to launch an impeachment process against BORIS YELTSIN. Yeltsin's alleged misdeeds are far graver than sexual misconduct: he stands accused of causing the collapse of the U.S.S.R., organizing the assault on the parliament in October 1993 and instigating the war in Chechnya, among other offenses. So far, none of the star witnesses--Yeltsin and other Kremlin bosses--have shown up to testify, something Filimonov blames on his lack of subpoena power. Still, the committee has already voted on the first three counts...