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Show The Sali Lake Tribune RUSSIA Saturday, August 14, 1999 Premier Threatens Yeltsin Confident of Premier Candidate’s Approval = Chechny, Russian troops will be sent to fight breakawayregion THE WASHINGTON POST MOSCOW — Russia’s acting threatened Fridayto send troops to fight once again in the breakaway southern republic of Chech- Cheehi Yuri Tutov/The Associated Press A Russian Interior Ministry soldier wipes his brow Thursday at his postin a helicopter, patrolling the Botlikh region, Dagestan is behind a recent in- cursion of up to 1,500 Islamic guerrillas into Dagestan, a neigh- within an hour. The threat to send troops back boring Russian republic. The aim into Chechnya is unsettling Mos- of the incursion, cow, because it would mean breaking a cease-fire and potentially plunging Russia back into a according to Moscow, is to annex Dagestan to Chechnya, which declared itself an independentIslamicstate in situation from whichit retreated 1996 in humiliation. Some military an- after defeating troopsin a two-year Russian war. Moscow doesnot recognize Chechnya’sindependence. Putin has taken a toughline on the Dagestan fighting, which is confined to the republic’s mountainous western border with Chechnya, The conflict, Putin's first major challenge as prime minister, has erupted before his confirmation by parliament. The voteis scheduled for Monday. Chechnyais Russian territory, and wherever fightersare, strikes will be madeagainst them,” Putin told a groupof Russian governors Friday. Russia sent several hun- alysts think the Russian military is in no better shape to fight the Chechens now than three years we won't give armsto bandits or religious extremists,” said Mukhu vv, the speakerof the Dages- Stepashin on Monday, and named Putin, a former KGB spy, as his successor — the fourth Cabinet reshuffle in 17 months. lf the Duma rejects Yeltsin's candidate three times, Russian law dictates that it be disbanded. Kotenkov, however, told reporters that Yeltsin would “never” dissolve the Duma. liners have repeatedly rejected the treaty, sayingits _ratification would hurt Russia’s security. The Duma’s Communist speaker, Gennady Seleznyov, said this weekthat ratification was unlikely, as lawmakersdidnot trust the United States. Another issue for Yeltsin was the 2000 annual budget, to be submitted to the Duma on Aug. 25. be no tragedy. ‘‘He will pass on the secondtry,” he said confidently. Kotenkov also said the government needed a bill onstates of emergency to more effectively confront seemed reluctant to defy Yeltsin, presumably because they need their offices and other privileges during their campaigns for December's parliamentary elections. Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov seemed southern region bordering breakaway Chechnya. The government is nowtrying to uproot the rebellion. Russian media andpoliticians have expressed concern that Yeltsin may usea state of emergencyto put in London and Washington and yet has failed time and again to contain relatively small bands of Chechen fighterson its territory,” wrote Paul Felgenhauer in the shells on villages in the valley. MoscowTimes. The war in Dagestan already has been marked by contradictions. On one day, Russian offi- cials claimed to have driven the rebels out of one of four villages under their control, only to an- moredvehicles crossed the fron- which began last Sunday, nounce the next day that the re- Most of the Russian offensive, has been from theair. Russia is also Speaking in a hoarse voice, Yeltsin said that if Putinis not approved in Monday’svote, there would Communists and other hard-liners recently have conciliatory, saying he saw no “‘erucial differences” between Putin and Stepashin, who as a candidate also won overwhelming Dumaapproval The Communists on Mondayplan to demand that tiontreaty, ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1996. Hard- crises, such as the Islamic uprising in Dagestan, a off parliamentary and presidential elections, but the Kremlin has assuredthat elections will be held on schedule. der siege. Sandbagged bunkers wereset up on street corners and soldiers guarded government buildings. Viktor Kazantsev, the Russian military commanderin the North Caucasus, dismissed the Chechens as bandits, but also said Russia must take precautions to defend Buynaksk from being overrun. “This is not a state of war. These precautions are taken. . to prevent the bandits from seizing bodies of local power,” he said. Snake Rattle &. 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University Pkwy (next to Morris Golf) | | . | | Sixty miles inside Dagestan, the town of Buynaksk appeared un- Western Diamond Back Rattlesnakeswill be ondisplay and : “The Dumashould pass the budgetbeforeits powers expire,” Kotenkovsaid rliament, in response to Russian fears that the guns might beturned on government troops. Friday, televised images showed Russian helicopters and artillery raining rockets and “Russia can blow outthe lights bels held six othervillages. that Russian troops in five ar- arming local Dagestani villagers, on the grounds that they are no more eager for a Chechen takeover than is Moscow. “Of course, ago dred reinforcements to Dagestan. In Chechnya, officials claimed tier, although theysaid they left Putin guaranteefair parliamentary elections and an increase in the nation’s living standards, Zyuganov said. 7 At their Kremlin meeting, broadcaston television Yeltsin and Kotenkov also discussed ways to speed up Duma approval of 64 presidential bills, 28 of which are high priority Among these is the START II nuclear-arms-reduc- Yeltsin abruptly sacked former Premier Sergei prime minister, Vladimir Putin, nya as Moscow dispatched additional military forces to the rebellious region ‘The Russians charge that THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin said Friday he expected noreal opposition from the Communistdominated lower house of parliament whenit meets to approve his newest candidate for prime minister. In a Kremlin meeting, Yeltsin formally instructed Alexander Kotenkov, his envoy tothe State Duma, to submit Vladimir Putin's bid for the post at Monday's Dumasession. Twin 189. 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