Word: legislatureand
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...after he received a no-confidence vote from parliament,Russian President Boris Yeltsinupped the ante, asking for a second vote within the next ten days. A second no-confidence vote within a three-month period would clear the way for Yeltsin todissolve the legislatureand call for new elections. "It's a clever move designed to make the parliament either shut up or toe the line," says John Kohan, Moscow bureau chief for TIME. "The parliament has become a real irritation, with a rapidly growing block of anti-Yeltsin members. So Yeltsin will either get the parliament to back down...