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...Boris Nikolayevich, you have 150 million supporters -- all of Russia!" shouted a second demonstrator. "You have come just in time," Yeltsin told the crowd. "Today will decide the fate of the President, your fate, the fate of Russia." Impeaching Yeltsin would have required a two- thirds majority, or 689 votes -- the actual vote was 617. Khasbulatov, who could have been removed by a simple majority, was saved by a 558-339 vote in his favor...
Asked who ultimately would win the struggle, Yeltsin replied, "There will be no winners." It seemed likely that his parliamentary foes would continue to sit belligerently in the Russian White House thinking up new ways to thwart the President, while Yeltsin remained in the Kremlin, issuing orders that officials who really make or break reform often ignore. As long as these rivals remain at odds, the government and its reforms will be stalemated...
...YELTSIN: Without our help, ((he)) will certainly fail. The choice we have here is between Yeltsin with his weaknesses and an alternative. Having met all the players, I can say there's not one of them that would not be worse. They are strong men and they are able men, but all of them would slow down economic reforms. ON RUSSIAN LAW: The constitution is just a jerry- built thing and needs to be changed, and that's what Yeltsin wants to do. ON CLINTON'S SUPPORT FOR YELTSIN: I think Clinton is making a gutsy call, really the mark...
...forces. ON THE COUP THREAT: We have a different kind of society now. Those who shout that the President should firmly adhere to the constitution would fully unmask themselves if they tried to do something unconstitutional while he was away. So I think there's no problem in Yeltsin's coming to Vancouver. ON U.S. SUPPORT: I think you have to invest in the new Russia, in our common future. I mean not just financial investment. I mean also political investment. You should support the process of reform. You should support all those who are realistic. Don't just look...
ELECTIONS -- SOME KIND, SOMETIME. THAT PROPOSItion began emerging as the key to resolution of Russia's political crisis, although it remained unclear if in fact one can be reached. Early in the week Russia's Constitutional Court ruled that President Boris Yeltsin's proclamation of "special rule" was unconstitutional, a declaration expected to form the basis for impeachment. But when Yeltsin finally published his decree for an April referendum on his own rule and the outline of a new constitution, it did not mention special rule. The court looked at best overly hasty and partisan in condemning a nonexistent document...