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This time he is not kidding. And because he is not, Kozyrev, a man who truly represents Russian moderation, has given the world a measure of how far Russian moderation has traveled in the past year. For months Russia has been interfering in neighboring republics, notably Georgia and Azerbaijan, to...
Market reform is in retreat as well. The day after President Clinton finished his Moscow summit, Yegor Gaidar, chief architect of economic reform, resigned. Four days later, Boris Fyodorov, the other major reformer, was purged from the government. The ruble is collapsing. The Prime Minister talks of a return to...
While the President stands aloof, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet claim they will press on with reforms, just more slowly and with "corrections." But their policies are unlikely to make either reform or ordinary Russian lives any easier. Western experts have long insisted that the most painful aspect of...
The U.S. may hope so, but Yeltsin is increasingly lonely on that side. In spite of Yeltsin's pleas, Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, the engineer of the reform train, said he would not remain in a government that was irresponsible enough to spend $500 million it does not have...
Muscovites living at the upper end of the social ladder have their own problems. Russia's new entrepreneurs were struggling last week to cope with a government order that went into effect Jan. 1 banning trade in currencies other than the Russian ruble -- notably the American dollar, which accounts for...