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- May 03, 1993: Da, Da, Nyet, Da
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- May 03, 1993 Tragedy in Waco
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 22
- WORLD
- Da, Da, Nyet, Da
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- <body>
- <p>That's what Yeltsin wants from Russia's voters to save reform
- </p>
- <p> If Boris Yeltsin's supporters had doubts about how to vote in
- Sunday's four-question referendum, the Kremlin provided the
- right answers in the right order, using actors and
- nursery-school kids in catchy TV commercials. More
- substantively, the embattled Russian President was helped by a
- Constitutional Court decision allowing him to claim victory if
- he gets only a simple majority in the national vote of
- confidence. Not taking chances, Yeltsin's team launched a final,
- Western-style media blitz, with pop stars rocking for reform in
- a Kremlin concert and a televised look at his modest apartment.
- </p>
- <p> If he wins, Yeltsin promises to take "tough steps" to end
- Russia's power struggle. The battle has spread beyond the
- parliament. His rebellious Vice President, Alexander Rutskoi,
- has launched his own campaign against the reforms, claiming he
- has "suitcases" of evidence of official corruption. An angered
- Yeltsin compared his former ally's sense of honor to "a dirty
- cleaning rag."
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- </body>
- </article>
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