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<text id=93TT1316>
<title>
Mar. 29, 1993: Yeltsin Decrees "Special Rule"
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 29, 1993 Yeltsin's Last Stand
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 13
WORLD
Yeltsin Decrees "Special Rule"
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<p>Defying Congress, the Russian President sets an April referendum
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<p> "The Congress refused to listen to the voice of the country."
In defiance of a conservative legislature that had steadily
diminished his powers, Boris Yeltsin declared a "special order
of rule" in a nationwide broadcast Saturday night. He announced
that a referendum would be held April 25, in which Russians,
weary of endless political infighting, would be asked whether
they have confidence in him and whether they approve a new
constitution. Yeltsin warned that the meeting of Congress two
weeks ago was a rehearsal for "the restoration of power of the
communist nomenklatura." Yeltsin's move drew immediate criticism
from some prominent figures, notably Vice President Alexander
Rutskoi.
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<p> Yeltsin did not dissolve the Congress or the Supreme
Soviet, but pronounced illegal any legislation they might adopt
in contravention of his special-rule decrees. Since his
opponents will no doubt fight back, the weeks until April 25 may
well decide Russia's fate for years to come.
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