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...strapped for cash that it has closed its offices in Mexico and Canada as well as three of its four bureaus in the U.S. Pravda's Washington bureau chief, Vladislav Drobkov -- now the last representative of his paper left in the U.S. -- had to miss the recent Clinton-Yeltsin summit in Vancouver because he couldn't afford the trip...
...everyone knows, they don't. Whether women's lacrosse superstar Liz Berkery tallies two goals and four assists or four goals and two assists matters not a whit compared to whether Yeltsin's going to push the button. If Liz scores a hat trick, the world keeps on turning. If Boris pushes the button, it doesn...
...also trying to get the so-called Group of Seven industrialized powers to coordinate and beef up their own direct aid to Russia. Then the G-7 will tackle heavy- duty measures to help stabilize Russia's ruble and supply vital imports. The group's summit, to which Yeltsin has been invited, is scheduled to convene in July in Tokyo. (See related story on page...
...Yeltsin at first said he would challenge the 50% rule but later decided against conducting a parallel referendum with more favorable questions. Meanwhile, Vyacheslav Kostikov, spokesman for Yeltsin, warned that Congress might try yet again to impeach Yeltsin before the referendum...
WHILE HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE PRONOUNCED HIM stronger than ever after his narrow escape from impeachment, Boris Yeltsin left plenty of uncertainties in the hands of his political enemies in the Congress of People's Deputies when he flew to Vancouver. The legislators did vote to approve Yeltsin's call for a referendum, but they then ruled that at least 50% of the entire 106 million electorate must support him -- not just half of all those who vote. Few believe Yeltsin can meet this target. Twisting the knife, the Congress tacked on an embarrassing question about Yeltsin's economic performance...