Chechnya rocks Yeltsin's rule in peril From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

IF POLITICS makes strange bedfellows, then the Chechen war is achieving the Russian equivalent of putting the Pope in bed with Madonna.

One of the few liberal politicians to support Boris Yeltsin's intervention in Chechnya is Boris Fyodorov, the economic reformer who lost his job as finance minister after ultra-nationalists triumphed in last December's parliamentary elections. Lined up alongside him is none other than Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the extremist whose victory precipitated Mr Fyodorov's removal from office.

In a message to Russian soldiers last Thursday, Mr Zhirinovsky said: "The ...

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