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Yeltsin's moves toward the Communists' positions have gone far beyond his economic "course corrections." He jettisoned his Foreign Minister, Andrei Kozyrev, and abused him, in the same terms used by the opposition, as being too pro-Western. Yeltsin has also usurped a fair amount of nationalist, great-power rhetoric, and he has signed a treaty with Belarus that permits people to believe he favors re-creating the old Soviet empire (a Communist priority). Suddenly too the old World War II Red Army "victory banner" has been ordered flown alongside Russia's new white-blue-and-red tricolor on occasions...
...resume doesn't end there. Bin Laden has become prominent in the embryonic Islamic movement aimed at toppling the pro-Western monarchy in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, security officials in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. suspect that he has become a central participant in a loose network that provides funds for Islamic terrorists. Rather than depending solely on states like Sudan, Iran or Libya, this group's jihad is being coordinated and underwritten by individuals as well. In addition to making his own financial contributions, bin Laden plays another role, several sources believe: he raises money from Islamic businessmen, mainly...
...Boris Yeltsin accepted the resignation of his Foreign Minister, Andrei Kozyrev. In preparation for the critical presidential election in June, Yeltsin took the opportunity to rid himself of a minister who clashed with communists and nationalists, winners in last month's parliamentary elections. Kozyrev is identified with a strong pro-Western foreign policy...
...ousted amidst charges from parliament of being too soft toward the West, Primakov is expected to turn the focus of Russia's foreign policy toward the Middle East and the former Soviet republics. "It's clear that Yeltsin wanted to find a successor who would not appear to be pro-Western," says Moscow bureau chief John Kohan. "Since Zhirinovsky and his supporters have put the nationalist agenda on the map, Yeltsin has made a real effort to look like a Russian patriot. He wants to position himself more toward the center, while not completely embracing the nationalist agenda." A longtime...
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...