Russia - Reactions To Yeltsin Speech

(23 Feb 1996) T/I: 10:37:04

Russian State Duma deputies on Friday (February 23) swiftly
reacted to President Yeltsin's address to the nation.
Communist leader Gennady Zuganov, who is Yeltsin's main opponent
in June's presidential election, said the President in his speech
repeated the main points of the Communist programme. Ultra-nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said he liked the address, which, he thinks, is Yeltsin's best speech over the last few years.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 23 FEBRUARY, 1996
ws Zhirinovsky presser
cutaway press and officials waiting in kremlin hallway
Zhirinovsky pointing to press and upstairs
deputies recieving official text of speech
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov sot in russian saying "It
has been very hard for Yeltsin to manage the country from the
hospital bed and when he visited Yekaterinburg, he realized
how dramatic the situation in the country is",
Russian human rights activist Sergey Kovalyov russian SOT: saying
the speech was a strange combination of populist slogans,
lies and generalisations on the country's situation.
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Zhrinovsky in hallway
cu zhirinovsky SOT in russian saying he liked the address, which,
he thinks, is Yeltsin's best speech over the last few years.
"At last the President talked about punishing governemnt
bureaucrats and bribe takers, about strengthening the state
structures and the economy.

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