Yeltsin fires three hard-liners linked to Chechen war.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: June 30, 1995| Author: Saffron, Inga | Copyright information

MOSCOW _ In an 11th-hour attempt to head off a showdown with the parliament, President Boris N. Yeltsin Friday fired three of the main architects of the Chechen war, moving to distance himself from Russia's hawks for the first time in the bloody, 6-month-old conflict.

Yeltsin's decision to sack two hard-line cabinet ministers and his counter-intelligence chief came on the eve of Saturday's crucial vote of no confidence in his government. Demands for a purge of the hawks had...

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