Yeltsin's coup: Russia

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The new Security Council of Russia has powers and political clout that may endanger Yeltsin's role as president. The council has a too broad of a role in protecting Russia's vital interests, and Yeltsin has found it difficult to have his decisions carried out by the council.

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Getting to go: Russia

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The seventh Congress of People's Deputies was recently formed to direct progress towards a multi-party political system. The effort is aided by a ban on the Communist Party and Pres Boris Yeltsin's creation of a new party to lead reform.

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Enter, the past: Russia

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An absence of centralized political power is the greatest threat to peace in Russia and Pres Boris Yeltsin's reform efforts. Yeltsin has lost his political clout, evidenced by his numerous concessions to political constituencies.

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