Word: zyuganov
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...Zyuganov's collection of Russian communists, the emphasis on the word Russian is perhaps heavier than on the word communist. In building a new statist movement, Zyuganov seems to be readying another version of the red-brown--that is, communist-nationalist--alliance that shook the democrats in parliament a few years ago. Zyuganov is calling on all "patriots" to rally around his banner in the cause of a powerful Russian state, an alternative to the West. His basic appeal is to all who feel anger, pain and shame at the demise of the great Soviet Union and the decline...
...passed in the Duma last month and generated a powerful backlash from the West and from former Soviet republics that are now independent, especially Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic states. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher called the resolution "intimidation" and a "dark vision." The communists were unrepentant, though Zyuganov did repeat his usual line that of course the reunification of the U.S.S.R. will be "gradual" and "no one will encroach on anyone's independence...
...neighbors might not like it, but remaking the Soviet empire is a bedrock issue for the communists' new coalition. It is central to Zyuganov's strategy of pulling in non-Marxist nationalists and anti-Western and pan-Slavic ideologues. This is not something completely new for communists. Even in the heyday of Soviet power, there were two tendencies in the leadership. The internationalist wing of the party put Marxist revolutionary goals above Soviet national interests. The opposing "statist" group--followers and admirers of Stalin--put Russia first. So do they...
...home it would require the use of force, real coercion, for the government to renationalize industries, reimpose price controls and take over the banks. It is not obvious that a Zyuganov government would have that kind of power and authority. "I just happen to think it's impossible," says a senior official in the U.S. State Department. To the extent it is possible, the most likely result would be a domestic disaster--hyperinflation, unemployment and a devalued ruble...
...Hostility toward liberal values and democratic practices is embedded in the party's genes. With a communist President in the Kremlin and a red-led parliament, the future of opposition parties and the independent Russian press would be bleak. The most threatening outcome of a free election that brought Zyuganov and his ilk to power could be the end of free elections...