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...Bruce Nelan calls "a very good politician in terms of what looks good to the public," tried what has been widely considered as a political ploy to appease the Duma. "Everyone is assuming this is a very cynical political move, especially since Yeltsin didn't fire (Defense Minister Pavel) Grachev, one of his oldest supporters, as the Duma wished. But Yeltsin also had good reason to be unhappy with the way the security ministers mishandled the hostage situation." Will the firings help Yeltsin in tomorrow's vote? "The members of the Duma often do things in a fit of emotion...
Saying "It is necessary to use force to liquidate the bandits," Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev advocated storming the hospital where Chechen rebels hold over 1,000 hostages. A defiant Shamil Basayev, the leader of the rebel group, defied Grachev, saying: "Let them come and storm the place." Negotiations in the three-day old crisis have hit a standstill as the 200 rebels holed up inside the building rejected an offer of safe passage to Chechnya or any country willing to accept them. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin is on his way to attempt a peaceful resolution, but his chances appear...
...first film in the series--centered upon the First Commandment, "I am the Lord thy God, and thou shalt have no other God but me," --is a haunting examination of faith. An atheistic father has a quasi-religious faith in technology, while his bright young son, Pavel, shows a precocious aptitude for computers. Pavel's mother is working abroad, and he is caught between his father's influence and that of his Catholic aunt. Although fascinated with computers, Pavel is still questioning; he hasn't made up his mind about God or the world. Opposing faiths...
Adding a note of mystery, the film is punctuated with shots of an anonymous man who sits by a fire at the edge of the lake by Pavel's home. Wrapped in a tattered fur coat and wincing faintly, he looks as if he knows the cruelty of the world around him. Like the audience, he is a spectator, neither directly involved or affected. Is God just another spectator? Despite the final confrontation, the question of God's existence remains unresolved...
Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev today warned that if NATO allows any of the Eastern European countries bordering Russia to join its ranks, his country might take "countermeasures." Grachev said Russia's response could include abandoning a treaty that limits the deployment of conventional troops in the region, or increasing coordination of defenses with other former Soviet republics. Defense Secretary William Perry insisted NATO "poses no threat" to Russia and stressed that any expansion would be gradual...