On Russia’s Government Shakeup

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1998-05-15
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OnMarch23,1998,RussianPresidentBorisYeltsinstunnedthenationbydis-missingthegovernmentofPrimeMinisterViktorChernomyrdin.ThenhenominatedMr.SergeiKiriyenko,35,whohadbeenODtheenergyministerpostforonlythreemonths,forthenewheadofthecabinet.Thisimmediatelyignitedafiercepoliticalwarofamonthlongbetweentheexecutiveandthelegislaturedraw-inggreatconcernfromtheinternationalcommunity.AtthemomentwhenRussia