Word: viktor
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...another perils-of-Boris power struggle, this time between President Yeltsin and conservative Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin over the makeup of the new Cabinet, Chernomyrdin effectively won. Or at least Yeltsin beat a tactical retreat. The government's famous young reform ministers were mostly dumped or demoted. In their place arrived a group of Soviet-era leftovers, production managers from the old military-industrial complex who favor salary increases and handouts to money-losing state industries. "The period of market romanticism has ended for us," Chernomyrdin crowed. "We must make our people's life easier...
Though Yeltsin tried to keep him on, another top free-marketeer, Finance Minister Boris Fyodorov, resigned, saying he would not serve in a government that also retained the free-spending central-bank chief Viktor Gerashchenko. Three other reform ministers lost the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. Only one new economic thinker remained in the Cabinet: Anatoli Chubais, who heads the program that is successfully privatizing small businesses. "I see no tragedy in some people leaving the government," sniffed Chernomyrdin. "It is a natural process...
...than bus hops for distances of more than 200 miles and, best of all, good money. The pay varies - reportedly $5,000 for an Olympic bronze winner, ascending to $15,000 a gig for a gold medalist. Kerrigan has signed for the upcoming hit parade, as have Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Davis, Baiul and Bonaly...
...later, Oksana had to sever another tie. As the Ukrainian economy worsened, the coach found it hard to support his family. He jumped at a job offer in Canada, but before leaving, he bequeathed Oksana to his colleague, Galina Zmievskaya. She had already trained 1992 Olympic gold-medal winner Viktor Petrenko. She took in Oksana as a third daughter...
...summit. Angered by a directive that could raise the cost of paper and printing services as much as 600%, the editors of some of Moscow's most influential publications accused the government of trying to bankrupt the media and called for a strike during summit week. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin summoned the rebellious journalists to his new office to remind them that they had championed the very market reforms that were pushing them into the red. They relented when Chernomyrdin suspended provisions in the decree that would have imposed heavy property taxes on printing plants...