Yeltsin Fires Kiriyenko By Sharon Lafraniere Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, August 24, 1998; Page A1 MOSCOW, Aug. 23 – President Boris Yeltsin today fired Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko and replaced him with his predecessor, Viktor Chernomyrdin, delivering another jolting surprise to Russia and its crisis-battered financial markets. Yeltsin essentially reversed what he did in March, when he replaced Chernomyrdin with Kiriyenko, saying the government needed new ideas and new energy to achieve market reforms . . . © Copyright 1998 The Washington Post Company [- - snip - -] Regards, Tom Walker ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/
