POWER PLAYS; Russia's Mixed-Up Moves Reveal Its Dangerous Divide . . .

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 20, 1999| Author: Marshall I. Goldman | Copyright information

Outsiders can be forgiven their perplexity at the latest series of confusing events in Russia. Not only is it hard for us in the West to determine who is really in charge there, we cannot tell for certain what the men jockeying for power seek to accomplish. Yet the Russians appear not to be tortured by all this; remember, they are masters of chess as well as of the intrigue, bluff and deception (pokazukha they call it) that go with it. In fact I can report from a two-week visit that for many ...

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