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MOSCOW (Reuters)
- The Russian publisher of Monica Lewinsky's biography said Friday
it had dropped the project because of anti-American fury unleashed
by NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia.
"The situation in the Balkans makes it impossible," said Anna
Sklyaretskaya of publishers Vagrius.
She quoted the company's spokeswoman, Tatyana Makarova, as
saying: "The relationship of people, both to her and to the
leadership of her country, has changed. We don't think people will
properly accept her."
Vagrius had said last month it would bring the former White House
intern to Russia in the summer for the launch of its translation of
her authorized biography, "Monica's Story".
Ordinary Russians have shared their government's outrage at the
air strikes on Yugoslavia, which President Boris Yeltsin labeled
"naked aggression".
Crowds of Muscovites have burned American flags in front of the
U.S. embassy and splattered the building with ink and eggs.
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