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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (15662)	1/1/2000 11:00:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

George, the era of the rebuilding "Mother Russia" has arrived...Kosovo or no Kosovo, Kosovo blunder would have been a disaster even if Russian interest were taken into account...It is no way KLA controlled Kosovo serve interest to any country in the Balkans/Europe...However naturally ussia not Macedonia is in the news...Entire Russian policy of Clinton/Gore/IMF was a disaster from get go...Now they would desperatly try to disassociate themselves, exacerbating situation even more... Vladimir Putin, in his first day as Russia's acting president, turned to two tasks key to his bid to succeed Boris Yeltsin in the March presidential election -- the military operation in Chechnya and the consolidation of his power. Putin shunned a New Year party in the Kremlin last night to fly to Chechnya to boost the morale of troops who, according to generals, are losing 10 people a day as they fight Islamic militants in the breakaway republic. The operation is needed ``not merely for restoration of the country's prestige and dignity' but ``to put an end to the breakup of Russia,' Putin told soldiers in a speech broadcast on Russian television. Putin, 47, who assumed the acting presidency after Yeltsin stepped down yesterday, is currently the country's most popular politician, with a 63 percent approval rating, earned mainly by his so far successful campaign in Chechnya. Russian troops are now storming Grozny, the republic's capital. Russia's new leader and his wife toasted the year 2000 in a military helicopter flying over Chechnya at midnight, Russian news agencies reported. To win the full presidency, Putin needs to maintain his popularity for the next three months, not an easy task for a person who is now fully responsible for presiding over the state, winning the war and running the government, which he continues to chair. Putin already indicated the government may be reshuffled. ``Any mechanism, any collective is in the process of constant perfection,' Putin said, when asked whether he plans any personnel changes in the government. Changes ``are possible.' quote.bloomberg.com