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Thousands of nuclear warheads, built to destroy America, have themselves been destroyed. Those that remain in Russia no longer target our homes. Three of the four nuclear states that succeeded the Soviet Union have abandoned nuclear weapons. We are working with the Yeltsin government and Russia's neighbors to keep nuclear materials from terrorists and rogue states, and to realize President Kennedy's dream of a total ban on nuclear testing. The space race has been eclipsed by our joint construction of an international space station...
Finally, we will continue to make clear our support for a strong and permanent democratic process in Russia--for free elections, a free press and the rule of law. President Yeltsin was right to reject calls to postpone the presidential elections, for that would undermine democracy without solving any of Russia's fundamental problems. We will also support imf and American assistance to Russia's economy, as long as Russia remains committed to market reform...
Trading has been brisk in Boris Yeltsin futures at the Russian stock market in downtown Moscow. Every day at 4:36 p.m., youthful brokers with code names like "Father," "Moon" and "Winter" buy and sell contracts pegged to whatever percentage of the vote they believe the Russian President will receive on election day. Since item Ye-1606-V began trading April 22, Yeltsin's projected total, registered in flashing orange lights on a big digital board, has jumped 10 points, to around 28.50--about equal to the quote for the Communist candidate, Gennadi Zyuganov. These speculators may care more about...
...enriching themselves at public expense. Very quickly, the word democrat became synonymous with incompetent and corrupt. Ask anyone on the streets of Moscow what they think of Russian democracy today and the most likely answer will be "What democracy?" Western diplomats may resort to sophistry in explaining how Yeltsin remains the country's best democratic hope, but few Russians have any illusions now about Yeltsin, who is known, not quite accurately, as their first "popularly elected" President. To them he seems to have reverted to his former role as an imperious, provincial party boss. Indeed, many Russians view the contest...
...real democracy is ever to take root in Russia, the country's political establishment will have to open its doors to the dynamic new social forces that have so far been excluded from a game largely played by former Communists. No matter whether Yeltsin or Zyuganov triumphs in the presidential race, few Russians believe they will live anytime soon in a society where the rule of law prevails and where the leaders take the demands of the electorate as seriously as their own self-interest. Such crippling pessimism is understandable, given centuries of oppressive rule by the Kremlin...