Word: treasonous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "It is my feeling that violation of the oath of office should carry a penalty that is at least equal to a felony and possibly a charge as serious as treason...
Lebed's firing was the climax of three unedifying weeks of political maneuvering and smear campaigns, conducted through the media and sometimes by them, during which former Kremlin officials and present senior ministers have traded mutual accusations of contract murders, high treason, corruption and spying on one another. Nobody, of course, has been arrested in connection with these allegations. During most of this time Yeltsin--now largely reduced to symbolic 60-sec. taped appearances on the evening news--sat quietly by, occasionally expressing incongruously mild disapproval. All this came to an end in the middle of last week. Interior Minister...
...security structures to help him "induce order" in the country. Nobody, however, except Interior Minister Kulikov seems to take seriously the tale of an imminent Lebed-led mutiny. "It was as good an excuse as any," said a senior government official. And Lebed's plans do not include a treason trial: he told journalists he was going to take a weekend off, then build a political movement in preparation for forthcoming elections--presidential, he hinted. In the meantime, he said modestly, he would "look into" Afghanistan and other regional crises...
...proclaim. But in Budapest as later in Prague, that hope ended in disaster. On November 4, a huge fleet of Soviet tanks entered the Hungarian capital and over the next few days destroyed large portions of it. Imre Nagy and several members of his cabinet were tried for treason and eventually executed. Thousands more were imprisoned or killed during those years. Thousands fled the country, leaving behind split families, broken romances, interrupted friendships...
...portray himself as the last honest man in the Yeltsin administration, a result which is probably a calculated risk on the Kremlin's part. After a series of confrontations with former ally Defense Minister Igor Rodionov, and Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov which sent charges of contract murder, treason, corruption spying and coup plotting (which no one seems to believe) flying through the press, Yeltsin seems to have decided that Lebed was better off out of his government. He may come to regret it. If Yeltsin's worsening health brings about new presidential elections before the government can cope with massive...