Yeltsin fires defense minister
Russian President Boris Yeltsin yesterday fired Defense Minister Igor Rodionov and the head of the general staff, Gen. Viktor Samsonov, citing dissatisfaction with the pace of reform in the military. Rodionov's ouster comes only days after he visited U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen at the...
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