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While he had popular support and he had some success in breaking up Russia's state-owned monopolies, weakened support from President Boris Yeltsin and the downturn of the ruble hastened Nemtsov's departure...
HIID received millions of dollars from the American government to advise Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin--a contract that was terminated in 1997 when reports of wrongdoing surfaced...
...wasn't well enough to greet Madeleine Albright. And he hasn't made it to his Kremlin office once this year. But what really got Boris Yeltsin upset was missing the wedding of his eldest grandchild. Katya Okulova, ITAR-TASS was pleased to report, married at the tender age of 19. The groom, we are cryptically told, is a "fellow classmate." (Katya is a history major at Moscow State, although she has been on "academic leave.") Kremlin handlers are willing to discuss the particulars of the President's bleeding ulcer, but Katya's nuptials -- which, given her grandfather's state...
...lean on the Serbs over the Kosovo issue. "There may be an undercurrent of resentment," says Meier, "but their economic situation will compel the Russians to give up on some issues." Of course if they play ball politically and don't get the financial payoff, the post-Yeltsin U.S.-Russia relationship could turn pretty frosty...
...course, Yeltsin is just one man. If he's having a tough time of it, just imagine the Russian people. Many are unemployed, starving and really cold. Here at Harvard, at least we can count on dining services to keep us well nourished...