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...national authority, not- withstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity." Having failed to get justice from Moscow, the Chechen plaintiffs are seeking their remedy through Strasbourg. "It is impossible for complainants in Russia to exhaust all the local remedies," says Alexander Petrov of Human Rights Watch's Moscow office, "particularly so for complainants from Chechnya." The Russian government argued the case should not be heard in Strasbourg since there were still domestic remedies to be explored. But the Court said this assertion was so closely linked to the merits of the cases that...
Other skaters included the 1996 U.S. National Championships bronze medalists Eve Chalom and Mathew Gates, 1994-96 U.S. National Championships silver medalists Kyoko Ina and Jason Dingjen, 1996 World Championships silver medalist Ilia Kulik and 1992 Olympic silver medalists Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov...
...Zhirinovsky: If his name were not Zhirinovsky, it could be Ivanov, Petrov or Sokolov. For a huge country like Russia, it's almost impossible not to have someone like Zhirinovsky emerge in a transitional period. I know Russia very well. Unless something totally unforeseen occurs, Zhirinovsky won't be able to control Russian society completely. How can Zhirinovsky dominate the thinking of Russia's intellectuals...
Fights have already erupted between the young reformers and the old Yeltsin loyalists, like presidential chief of staff Yuri Petrov. At first the Old Guard was dismissive of the new crowd. When the decree appointing Golovkov to the rival post of government chief of staff was sent over to the Kremlin for the President to sign, it somehow got "lost" on the way. Now presidential staffers must be wondering what will happen to them if Gaidar and the government team should actually succeed. Petrov submitted his resignation, complaining about "unfounded accusations" that he and other members of the party...
...question whether this latest pampered pair will be the last of the line for a long time to come. For the honor of runner-up, only Canada's Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler could have wrested the silver from the Unified Team's Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov. But two falls by Brasseur dashed their hopes...