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MOSCOW: Quick, find Boris an heir. With Russia's President Yeltsin reduced to conducting the affairs of state from his hospital bed on Monday, Kremlin insiders were planning his succession. The problem is that constitutionally, Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov can rule for only 100 days, after which new presidential elections would have to be held. Which is why the Kremlin wants to revive the vice presidency scrapped by Yeltsin, and tap Primakov for the post. "As vice president, Primakov could take over as interim president until the 2000 elections," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. And that would...
VADIM FILIMONOV, a 67-year-old former law professor, is the head of the commission of the Duma that is seeing whether grounds exist to launch an impeachment process against BORIS YELTSIN. Yeltsin's alleged misdeeds are far graver than sexual misconduct: he stands accused of causing the collapse of the U.S.S.R., organizing the assault on the parliament in October 1993 and instigating the war in Chechnya, among other offenses. So far, none of the star witnesses--Yeltsin and other Kremlin bosses--have shown up to testify, something Filimonov blames on his lack of subpoena power. Still, the committee...
When Boris Yeltsin was too sick to go on a state visit to Austria last week, Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov quickly stepped in--in every sense of the word. Yeltsin's advancemen sketched out Primakov's arrival and departure; Yeltsin's chief of protocol arranged the state visits; and Yeltsin's personal interpreter did the German-to-Russian translating. The only things missing, a Moscow newspaper wagged, were Mrs. Yeltsin and a battery of doctors. Not to mention the gaffes, stumbles and truncated schedules. The Russian establishment reacted with relief. "It's so good to see the country represented...
...never been seen to lobby for a job but has carefully managed to be on hand when the powers that be were casting around for a candidate. He was a last-minute compromise candidate for the premiership last September when, after weeks of chaos, it became clear that Yeltsin's attempt to reappoint Viktor Chernomyrdin Prime Minister was leading the country deeper into crisis...
Since then Primakov has moved fast to consolidate his position. He has established good relations with Yeltsin's bitter enemies in the communist-dominated Duma, or lower house of parliament. But he has also become the President's most stalwart defender against a chorus of resignation calls. He is still, theoretically at least, dependent on Yeltsin, whose unpredictability is as notorious as his envy of any underling's success. But Primakov's power is growing daily, and despite his vociferous denials of presidential ambitions--the next scheduled elections are in 2000--he is increasingly seen as a front runner...