Word: yevgeni
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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...
...middle of last week, it suddenly became clear to everyone, even the detached and disoriented Boris Yeltsin, that under these circumstances, any government would be better than none. So Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov was persuaded to overcome his reluctance and take the job of Prime Minister. Primakov, a former journalist, academic and spymaster, is a man who believes in strong government, and presumably felt he had to respond when his President called. The Duma confirmed him overwhelmingly, 315 votes to 63, last Friday. His appointment solves the political stalemate at the top, at least for now, but it does nothing...
...Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has gone out of her way to maintain a good working relationship with him. Last July at a banquet in Manila, the two sang a parody of the duet from West Side Story, with Albright warbling, "The most beautiful song I ever heard, Yevgeni, Yevgeni, Yevgeni...
Finally, Yeltsin ousted the rest of the Cabinet. It's clear now that while he intends to reduce the total number of ministers, most of those purged will be reappointed, starting with Defense Minister Sergeyev and Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov. This was a domestic political coup and had nothing to do with international or defense policy. No one knew that at first, though, and when the news burst out of nowhere, the Clinton Administration was badly shaken. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was on her way to Europe to meet Primakov, among others, and she asked for reassurance that...
...State Madeleine Albright. "I am going to explain our position." Her message: The U.S. welcomes allies, but will take to the skies alone if necessary. In Paris she managed to wring an agreement from France not to protest in public if the U.S. hits Saddam, but Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeni Primakov refused to cooperate even that much...