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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: willcousa who wrote (61605)	11/7/2000 12:42:31 PM
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BEREZOVSKII NEWSPAPER ENDORSES GORE... "Nezavisimaya gazeta," which is controlled by Boris Berezovskii, argues that U.S. Vice President Al Gore's victory in the U.S. presidential election scheduled for 7 November is more desirable for Russia than a victory by Texas Governor George W. Bush. The daily comments that Gore is the "number two man in the incumbent administration, with whom the Kremlin has developed a stable, albeit not ideal, relationship." Bush's program, on the other hand, indicates that the Republican presidential candidate "is not an avid supporter of dialogue with Russia." However, the daily notes that while Gore is "preferable," Bush "is [still] good for us in that he has no experience of foreign policy." The newspaper also reveals that there have been unpublicized meetings between Russian officials and Bush advisers over the past 18 months. JAC ...AS ZHIRINOVSKII PREDICTS BUSH WIN... In an interview with "Vremya MN" on 1 November, former ambassador to the U.S. Yulii Vorontsov voiced a similar view of Gore, noting that "it will be more difficult for us to get used to Bush. There would be no need to get used to Gore." Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader Vladimir Zhirinovskii told reporters on 5 November that while Gore's victory would be better for Russia, Bush will win with 52.6 percent of the vote. Zhirinovskii noted that Republicans "are more pragmatic [than Democrats], pay less attention to human rights and are more concerned with U.S. interests, and [these characteristics] perhaps could be of use to Russia." JAC rferl.org