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...matter who wins the Russian election, ordinary citizens will probably continue to suffer for the next 20 years. The June 16 election will not solve any problems in Russia. It is a race between someone people hate, Yeltsin, and someone they fear, Zyuganov. The truth is that no candidate has a platform to improve the everyday life of poor and middle-class Russians. JEAN-FRANCOIS HOULE Hull, Quebec Via E-mail
High inflation, soaring unemployment and crime rates, hunger, inadequate medical care and restrictions on the media--these are the consequences of Yeltsin's policies and of reforms that promised security, democracy and prosperity. Yeltsin has failed, and the West must pay the price for backing someone who did not share the pains and frustrations of his people. Democracy in Russia has produced only chaos and confusion. The people of Russia are willing to trade their democracy for a loaf of bread. AMMAR ZEYAD SALAH North York, Ontario Via E-mail...
Nothing has been more decisive in resurrecting communism as the main political force in Russia than the West's incapacity to allow Russians to keep their national pride. Efforts to expand nato membership eastward, minimizing Russia's voice in world affairs and backing Yeltsin on every issue, are slowly paving the road for Zyuganov's victory. He will appeal to his countrymen's self-esteem and empty pockets, and to what remains of the Soviet totalitarian regime. Who would have thought that the U.S. policy toward communism would fail this way? JUAN CARLOS VELTEN Mexico City...
MOSCOW: As Boris Yeltsin and Communist leader Gennadi Zyuganov prepare for a runoff election that could be held as early as June 30 to determine who will be the next president of Russia, both sides are cozying up to surprise third place finisher Alexander Lebed. After taking a strong 15 percent of the vote in Sunday's election, the retired general finds himself an important player in the run-off election. "Lebed entered the race late," says TIME's Yuri Zarakhovich. "But he has emerged as a national political leader and has staked a serious claim on the Russian political...
...year ago, most pundits and talking heads repeated different versions of the same analysis: Boris Yeltsin was finished. Critics of Yeltsin's administration cited ill health, rumors of alcoholism, an unpopular war in Chechnya, vast public dissatisfaction with the state of reforms and increasingly tough economic times. But in the past few months, Yeltsin transformed himself from an ailing recluse to a populist dynamo. He bulldogged his way through campaign stops and photo ops, dancing at a pop concert with fierce, arm-pumping concentration in one memorable moment. "With new advisors like former privatization minister Anatoly Chubais, and NTV head...