Word: ultranationalists
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...rising favorite among nationalists and the military. In a recent survey, some 70% of officers said they would prefer Lebed as Defense Minister instead of Pavel Grachev, who has botched the Chechen war and faces accusations of corruption. Lebed also appeals to centrists who detest both Yeltsin and ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky. If he could count on the support of all these groups, Lebed would make a very strong candidate in the presidential election scheduled for June...
Among soldiers, ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky jumped from fourth to second place in popularity polls last year. He received strong support from the army in parliamentary elections 13 months ago: according to confidential Defense Ministry data, more than 60% voted for him. The only way for Yeltsin to win back the sympathy of servicemen would be to buy them off with a hefty pay raise, but the government simply does not have that kind of money. Soldiers will vote in the next presidential election for a leader who will protest more vigorously the feeble overall reforms of the present government...
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, meanwhile, is still dodging political volleys from domestic opponents of the intervention. One notable exception: ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who today said: "If you have gangrene, you have to amputate the limb."Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...were told in Moscow that it would be an equal exchange,' said Sergei V. Kalashnikov, a member of the Liberal Democrat party, which is led by ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky. "It seems some people here consider us to be students, that we come here to be taught...
...sibling's companies, has been charged with bribing financial regulators. He's since vanished, with police now negotiating with his attorney for his surrender. This isn't the first embarrassment for the new government of Prime Minister Berlusconi, who himself has been trying to soften his party's ultranationalist edges. In a country plagued by political and financial scandal, will this latest news tarnish the Teflon PM? "The big blow is in terms of image," says TIME Rome reporter Greg Burke. "What's the difference between Berlusconi's business and his brother's? Not much...