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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (14551)	9/18/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Yes, and Franco gave Spain the Freemason Juan Carlos. It is interesting...

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (14551)	9/18/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

FOCUS-Russia's rumour-mill cranks up again 10:37 a.m. Sep 18, 1999 Eastern By Gareth Jones MOSCOW, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Russia's political rumour-mill, which has been working in overdrive this week, cranked into action again on Saturday with talk that President Boris Yeltsin might soon be back in hospital and a new successor named. The liberal Sevodnya newspaper said Yeltsin was in failing health and was preparing to name former paratroop general Alexander Lebed, now governor of Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region, as his preferred heir instead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. An Internet website which often publishes highly speculative stories also said Yeltsin, who has suffered repeated health problems, would be admitted to hospital in the next two weeks. A Kremlin spokeswoman declined to comment on either report, saying: ``We only confirm official information.' A senior presidential aide, Igor Shabdurasulov, told Interfax news agency there were ``no political scenarios which envisaged the early resignation of the president.' ``(These rumours) are linked to the political interests of those who initiate them, representing what they desire as reality,' he was quoted as saying. The latest speculation came as Russia's mass media, renowned for their love of cloak-and-dagger intrigue, struggled to make sense of recent events which include a bombing campaign that has killed nearly 300 people in Moscow and other cities. It is still not clear who set off the blasts, but officials have blamed them on Chechen warlords fighting Russian rule in the turbulent North Caucasus region. LEBED VALUED BECAUSE OF HIS CHECHNYA EXPERIENCE Sevodnya said Lebed was now tipped to return to Moscow because of his experience in dealing with the Chechens. As Yeltsin's peace envoy, he brokered a deal in August 1996 ending Russia's ruinous two-year war with the Chechen separatists. ``It cannot be excluded that the nation will learn as soon as Monday the name of Boris Yeltsin's latest heir,' the paper said. The paper also said controversial businessman Boris Berezovsky was set to rejoin Yeltsin's advisory Security Council for the same reason. Berezovsky has good ties with Chechnya and has helped in the past to release hostages held by gunmen there. But in comments to Ekho Moskvy radio on Saturday, Berezovsky played down talk he was about to take up an official post. ``I know nothing about this. Nobody has proposed anything to me,' he said. Berezovsky also proposed Russia start talking to the Chechen warlords -- an idea hardly likely to win him promotion amid the current anti-Chechen atmosphere in Moscow. Lebed also dismissed talk of his impending return to the Kremlin. ``I have nothing to do with that,' he said in an advance copy of an interview with the German news magazine Spiegel. Lebed said he would never accept any office under Yeltsin. Yeltsin has said he wants Putin, appointed premier last month, to succeed him after next summer's presidential election. YELTSIN REPORTED IN DECLINING HEALTH, NOT IN CONTROL Sevodnya said Yeltsin's health was deteriorating and that his close entourage, which includes his daughter Tatyana Dyachenko and Berezovsky and is widely known as the Family, had been given ``carte blanche' to take major political decisions. The Internet website www.gazeta.ru echoed that view. ``According to several sources in medical and political circles, Yeltsin's state of health has declined swiftly in the last few days,' it said. The article, signed by Eduard Bogdanovich, noted that Yeltsin cancelled several planned Kremlin meetings this week. ``The situation is near to critical,' it said. Sevodnya noted that Lebed did not attend Friday's extraordinary session of the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament which groups regional leaders. As governor of Krasnoyarsk he has a seat in the chamber. ``After all, his work as a governor is coming to an end,' said Sevodnya of Lebed, who came a strong third in the 1996 presidential election. He gave his support to Yeltsin in the second and final round of that election. Copyright 1999 Reuters

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (14551)	9/18/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17770

``I can't say to what extent his entourage is manipulating him, but the fact is that such an entourage exists which has its own interests to realize,' said Luzhkov, who is to visit Austria next week. ``I think that Boris Nikolayevich has become a hostage of the political system that he himself has created,' he added. infoseek.go.com ps. That is ouright amazing....How about Politburo? Stalin? Lenin indeed Czar's? Yeltsin created....amazing, as you said this guy Luzhkov is an idiot...but that is why he wants to be President of Russia-he will be eaten alive in the first month of his Presidency..