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GRAPEVINE, Page 27Not so Fast, Comrade
By JANICE CASTRO
Congress cheered when Boris Yeltsin promised last week
that "the idol of communism" has "collapsed, never to rise
again." But he'd better watch his back at home. Yeltsin's Vice
President, ALEXANDER RUTSKOI, a hero of the Afghan conflict,
openly opposes many of Yeltsin's reforms, derisively referring
to the Russian President's aides as "little boys in pink
shorts." Even as Yeltsin was meeting President Bush last week,
Andrei Sidelnikov, a top Rutskoi aide and fellow war hero, was
treating Washington to a different view, one thought to be
shared by Rutskoi. Said Sidelnikov: "I don't see why I should
give up the ideals of the party just because 100 or so people
betrayed communism. Before, we had beautiful movies, sport,
culture. And now what happens? All of our best people are going
to America. And what do we get? Prostitutes, criminals, the
Mafia."