Word: ultranationalistic
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...deputies into line. It will also enjoy constitutional protection from presidential dissolution for the first six months of its term. Presidential elections are now set for June 1996, and the new legislature will provide the ideal public forum for presidential hopefuls like Lebed, Communist Party leader Gennadi Zyuganov and ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky...
...seven weeks, Russian voters will elect a new parliament. The last time they did this, in December 1993, they voted strongly for conservative and ultranationalist politicians including Vladimir Zhirinovsky, demagogues who captured the national spotlight by denouncing Yeltsin's half-finished experiment with reform and by promising a return to the stability and prestige Russians enjoyed during the days of the old Soviet Union. In the past two years, Yeltsin has managed to stave off numerous attempts by parliament to derail Russia's halting transition to democratic pluralism. But if the balance tips even further in this next election...
Perhaps inspired by the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Russia's top ultranationalist, VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, demonstrated his mastery of female issues last week. First he had a stimulating exchange with Italy's most political porn star, ILONA STALLER. The next day he was all business, choking and pulling the hair of Duma colleague YEVGENIA TISHKOVSKAYA when she crossed him during a debate on Bosnia. As he later explained, "Such women dream of being raped, but no one will ever come close to them." How do you say "Foxy!" in Russian...
...President Jean Bertrand Aristide was machine-gunned to death yesterday. The reason for the haste: President Clinton is due to arrive Friday to declare Haiti safe enough for U.S. troops to hand over security duties to a multinational U.N. force. Aristide asked the FBI to investigate the assassination of ultranationalist Mireille Durocher Bertin. A Haitian government source today told TIME contributor Bernard Diederich that Aristide had advance warning of the killing, and offered Bertin protection. Haitian officials insist that the opposition killed one of its own in order to embarrass Aristide and Clinton...
...Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, paying a first-ever visit to the Indian subcontinent, thrust himself into the middle of a long-running border dispute. India should be restored to its pre-1947 boundaries, he declared, a fiat that would effectively wipe Pakistan and Bangladesh...