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To: Bob Smith who wrote (2577)	5/12/1999 9:19:00 AM
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LOYAL YELTSIN ALLY The new prime minister, Stepashin, 47, was one of the top officials who played a crucial role in starting the ill-fated military campaign to subdue Chechnya's independence drive. He was head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) — the successor to the KGB secret police — when Yeltsin ordered Russian forces into Chechnya in December 1994. A lawyer who graduated from Interior Ministry academies, Stepashin is sometimes called a “rosy-cheeked hawk” by the media for his shy smiles disguising a tough and ambitious character. He joined the Interior Ministry troops in 1973 as “politrabotnik”-a member of the Communist Party watchdog corps in Soviet power structures. He later switched to lecturing in a military academy and earned a doctorate. Under the perestroika reforms started by then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the young officer ran for parliament, where he joined the liberal camp. He spent some time in the Supreme Soviet as the head of its security committee before establishing himself in the security service, which changed names several times during his stay. Stepashin was one of the few security ministry officials left in place after an abortive hardline coup against Yeltsin in October 1993. In March 1994 he became the head of the newly formed FSB. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.