Articles

Yeltsin’s Elections Yeltsin’s Elections

This issue also featured contributions from Boris Kagarlitsky and Aleksandr Likhotal under the same headline.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Putsch in Moscow Putsch in Moscow

Capitalism is re-entering Russia dripping with blood. Whether Boris Yeltsin's successful putsch will extend his reign remains to be seen.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Yeltsin in Dubious Battle Yeltsin in Dubious Battle

For once Boris Yeltsin was true to his word. He had said in public that August would be the month of "artillery preparations" and September the time of the clash. On September 21...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Emperors Are Naked The Emperors Are Naked

The plans painstakingly prepared by the master builders of Maastricht now lie torn to ribbons. The once mighty mark is showing signs of wear under the strain of German reunificat...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Fact or Fiction? Fact or Fiction?

Jacques Attali, until June 25 the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development but for years the French President's personal assistant, cannot be too happy w...

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

Yeltsin’s Round Yeltsin’s Round

Nothing is over, not even the counting; given the prevailing mood of mutual suspicion there will be plenty of disputes over the final result.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Our Man in Moscow Our Man in Moscow

You don't cross the Rubicon, argued Andre Malraux, in order to sit down on the other side and fish in its waters. Yet this is exactly what Boris Yeltsin did.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Bonjour Tristesse Bonjour Tristesse

History, whatever Hegel or Marx may have said about tragedy and farce, can also repeat itself as a tragicomedy.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Something Rotten in the Kingdom Something Rotten in the Kingdom

When in London, if you have some time to spare, go east to the Isle of Dogs to visit what was to have been Europe's biggest office-plus-housing project.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Buba Knows Best Buba Knows Best

By the skin of their teeth... Watching on French television the gloomy faces of the alleged winners one could not help feeling there was an element of defeat in their victory.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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