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<title>Russian Advisor Views Aftermath of Parliament Revolt</title>
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service, October 5, 1993
Russian Advisor Views Aftermath of Parliament Revolt
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<body>
<p> [Interview with Sergey Karaganov, member of Presidential
Council, by Jon Snow; Karaganov in Moscow, Snow in studio; from
the "Channel 4 News" program--live]
</p>
<p> [Text][Snow] Mr. Karaganov, what do you think now happens
to messers Rutskoy and Khasbulatov. Can Russia sustain a trial?
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] Well, most probably, they will be apprehended
for quite some time, but I am not sure whether they will stage a
trial in the immediate vicinity, because obviously, that would
be completely counterproductive. The problem however is that
under the cover of negotiations with the patriarch, somebody
either them or around them, launched an attack on and killed a
few people.
</p>
<p> [Snow] In the television center last night?
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] Yes.
</p>
<p> [Snow] Now what about other people who were key to what was
going on inside the parliament building. Do we have any news as
to whether any of the other key characters have been
apprehended?
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] No news whatsoever, however it is relatively
clear that the president's side and the military have not been
using force up to utmost. I mean they were not using their real
elite forces which could have cleared the house but with a lot
of casualties. It is a tragedy what is happening but it is clear
that it is, that people are trying to keep casualties as low as
possible.
</p>
<p> [Snow] Yes one accepts it could have been very much worse,
but nevertheless, by Russian standards and even by Russian
standards, this has been an absolutely traumatic event and one
wonders how President Yeltsin will not try to put things back
together.
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] Well, we have a civil war in Moscow, but most
of the people first are unwilling to participate in it and
second most of the people want this to end?
</p>
<p> [Snow] You call it a civil war and you say that people are
not yet willing to join it. Do you think the worst of it has
been dealt with tonight or is there much more to come?
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] I am not a clairvoyant, however there is great
hope that the worst has happened, and I'm not at all ready to
say that I'm happy that that is finished because that is a
tragedy and a lot of people have died, but there is a possiblity
to stop it.
</p>
<p> [Snow] It is an extraordinary thing to have seen those huge
numbers of people milling around the outside of the White House
watching this action today and apparently not really very
involved with either side, neither rooting for Mr. Yeltsin nor
for the people inside the White House.
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] That has a great hope because most of the
people in the country are willing simply to live their normal
lives and not to get involved, to work, to make money, etcetera,
etcetera, and that is the only...[changes thought]...we are in
the way a tired nation--we do not want a civil war.
</p>
<p> [Snow] Can you see any other opponent at liberty around
whom forces that want to beat down Mr. Yeltsin could now rally
behind? Is there any other opponent in the country, any other
figurehead?
</p>
<p> [Karaganov] I do not see any other opponent in persona,
what I'm afraid of is a possibility of small clashes here and
there and also small clashes in the provinces. It is not a great
possibility, however, we have to be afraid of that.
</p>
<p> [Snow] Mr. Karaganov thank you very much indeed for joining
us.
</p>
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</article>
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