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ANSWERS: 1. SERBS; 2. PALESTINIANS; 3. BORIS YELTSIN; 4. SECRETARY-GENERAL...
Visiting Nixon Angers Yeltsin...
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, infuriated by Richard Nixon's meetings with Yeltsin's political archenemies in Moscow, canceled planned talks with the former President. Nixon, on a 10-day private visit to Russia, met with former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, who led a bloody rebellion against Yeltsin last October. Yeltsin later appeared to soften his stand but said he couldn't reschedule the meeting because of the death of his mother...
...past several months, he has admonished Eastern Europe against joining NATO, hinted at keeping Russian troops in the Baltics and sternly warned republics not to mistreat ethnic Russians. Observers are left to speculate that the Foreign Minister's new stance may be a signal that the only way Yeltsin's beleaguered Kremlin team can undercut the appeal of the nationalists is by becoming more conservative themselves...
Russia: A spy scandal erodes U.S. support for Yeltsin...