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(19 May 1996) T/I: 10:58:54


Russian presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky confirmed Sunday
(19/5) that he asked Russian president Boris Yeltsin during their
meeting Thursday (16/5) to fire most of his government if he
wants Yavlinsky's support.
Yeltsin is in a tight race for the Presidency with Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov, and Yavlinsky's support could be crucial.


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MOSCOW, RUSSIA 19/5:

liberal presidential candidate from the "yabloko" party grigory
yavlinsky enters hall and waves to crowd;
yavlinsky sot in russian, asked if they discussed yavlinsky's
potential appointment as prime minister, "no, we didn't discuss
this issue. we discussed the question of the firing of the
government leaders who are guilty of our biggest troubles, of our
politics. we also discussed the questions of new appointments to
prevent our old mistakes. as far as the discussion of personnel,
we didn't discuss the appointment of any particular people.";
ca cameraman;
more yavlinsky sot in russian: "there won't be any complicated
problems if mr yeltsin agrees with everything i presented in my
document [when we met on thursday]." ;
journalist asks, "is it a complicated question for you to answer
for this proposal?" ;
yavlinsky answers, "to find a candidate is not hard." ;
journalist, "who?" ;
yavlinsky answers: "in the month before the elections, it's very
easy to find many candidates, because after the election, he will
have no power to do it.";
ca cameraman

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