No time for megaphones: turning up the volume will not sort out Russia's problems with the West.(Boris Yeltsin criticizes North Atlantic Treaty Organization activities)(Editorial)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: September 16, 1995 | Copyright information

NATO action against the Bosnian Serbs has brought a sharp reaction from Pres Boris Yeltsin of Russia and may have endangered relations between Russia and the West. Some of the comments may have been election-year rhetoric, but Yeltsin also has criticized NATO's expansion plans.

HAVE hopes for a steadier relationship between Russia and the West fallen victim to the Bosnian war? Before the UN and NATO toughened their tactics last month against the Bosnian Serbs, tensions between the West and Russia--over Russia's brutality in Chechnya and NATO's plans for expansion--had seemed to subside. ...

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