Boris's big bash.(Boris Yeltsin and ceremonies to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II)(Editorial)

The Nation | May 22, 1995| | Copyright

Bill Clinton goes to Russia this week to join Boris Yeltsin and nearly fifty other world leaders for the May 9 ceremonies marking the fiftieth anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. The event will be the biggest gathering of the powerful that Moscow has seen since the coronation of the unfortunate last Czar, Nicholas II.

Yeltsin's deepening political isolation and sagging popularity suggest he could meet a Romanov-like fate. So the anniversary is a God-sent opportunity to bask in the reflected glory of the Soviet Union's greatest victory. It is also a forceful reminder ...

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