Word: nationalistically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turn the focus of Russia's foreign policy toward the Middle East and the former Soviet republics. "It's clear that Yeltsin wanted to find a successor who would not appear to be pro-Western," says Moscow bureau chief John Kohan. "Since Zhirinovsky and his supporters have put the nationalist agenda on the map, Yeltsin has made a real effort to look like a Russian patriot. He wants to position himself more toward the center, while not completely embracing the nationalist agenda." A longtime Communist Party member, the 66 year old Primakov was named to head the foreign...
...President or to help elect an antireform leader who had better name recognition and more appeal across party lines. Last week one such candidate put his name forward: Alexander Lebed, a war hero and retired general. Lebed, who is immensely popular with the public and has a strong nationalist voice, said he would run in June and that he hoped to do so in cooperation with the Communists. Party leaders seemed irritated by the announcement but said they would talk it over with the general, who was elected to the Duma last month despite his party's dismal showing...
Communist parties were banned in 1991, so Zyuganov joined several nationalist organizations and participated in a drive against Yeltsin, the President of Russia. When the ban was lifted in 1992, Zyuganov re-created his party and became chairman of its Central Committee, the post he still holds. He was an early supporter of the 1993 coup against Yeltsin, although he eventually disavowed violence. Today he leads a party of more than 500,000 members and a political machine with branches in every region of Russia...
Despite Boris Yeltsin's impassioned last minute plea to the Russian people to stay the course with his market and democratic reforms rather than turn to Communists and right-wing nationalists, Russians overwhelmingly chose those candidates in Sunday's parliamentary elections. The Communists were the big winners, with 22 percent of the vote. Vladimir Zhirinovsky's nationalist party took a surprisingly strong second place, winning 11.2 percent of the votes with just under half the total reported. In the face of the surprisingly high voter turnout of 65 percent, a chastened Yeltsin spokesman said that the vote may cause...
...Serbia proper, reaction was muted but generally welcoming. Most Serbs long ago lost their nationalist fervor and their passion for the war next door. As sanctions hit hard and fueled inflation, the Serb nation looked forward to peace and a return to normality. They realize Milosevic touched off the bloodbath, and now has tried to end it. "I know Milosevic started this," says Dejan Popovic, 22, a student in Belgrade, "and his guilt may be greater than any other's. But now I have to say thank you." Last week the U.N. Security Council said it too by suspending...