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Thousands of Russian troops are headed for the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, reportsTIME's Yuri Zarakhovich. Security has been tightened as far away as Moscow, several hundred miles to the north. "The government is deathly afraid of this," Zarakhovich reports. "They fear that this is only the beginning of what could be a long and bloody series of guerrilla attacks. They've really put the Chechens' backs to the wall, and now they have nothing left to lose." At least 42 have been killed and dozens more wounded in two days of fighting. Some 200 Chechens are holding about...
...thick, snubbed nose, looks literally, physically hard, almost as if the skin and hair covered marble. Lebed's loud, deep voice also projects extraordinary strength--he can speak in thunderclaps. But when he was interviewed recently in Tiraspol by TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan and reporter Yuri Zarakhovich, Lebed's manner was calm even as he denounced the ``windbags'' running the Russian army, proclaimed that the crackdown on Chechnya must have been ordered up by ``dilettantes or madmen'' and mused about running the country himself someday. ``I don't really want to,'' he said, but ``I do not rule...
Russian President Boris Yeltsin declared victory in Chechnya today, as a Russian flag was raised over the bombed out presidential palace in Grozny. The palace, long the seat of Chechen resistance, was abandoned by the rebels last night. Still says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich, "there's a big difference between declaring victory and actually winning." Indeed Chechen rebels vowed to continue fighting despite the loss of the palace. "They will simply go into the mountains outside Grozny," says Zarakhovich. "This is something that could take years to resolve...
...after Russian President Boris Yeltsin appeared to ease up on the secession-bound Chechnya republic, his troops are close to storming the capital city of Grozny, reports TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. Soldiers are currently in the city's suburbs, but plan on overrunning it in a matter of days, sources tell Zarakhovich. Today also brought news of a near-tragedy of ghastly proportions as an orphanage in Grozny was destroyed by an air raid -- even though yesterday Yeltsin pledged to limit civilian casualties. All 47 children escaped death by hiding in a basement bomb shelter. Chechen officials claim that...
...conflict -- not likely to end any time soon -- is bound to have serious long-term repercussions for the Russian federation as well as for all of Eastern Europe, says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. "If there was ever any doubt that Eastern Europe countries would seek the protection of the West and NATO, now that's gone," he says. Furthermore, Zarakhovich, who witnessed the sacking of Grozny from the front lines a week ago, says that the events might portend "the beginning of the end of the Russian federation." The attacks, Zarakhovich notes, stunned many Russians who are beginning...