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Article: Masters of the Kremlin : Yeltsin's 'Family' of close confidants engineers a Moscow power shift.(close circle of advisors that control Pres Boris Yeltsin's political decisions)
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- Newsweek International
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- August 23, 1999
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For almost his entire tenure as president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin has relied on no one more than Anatoly Chubais. Campaign manager, economic czar, behind-the-scenes counselor, Chubais has always been Yeltsin's indispensable man, a core member of his small inner circle.
But early last Monday morning, Chubais could not get in to see Yeltsin, even though he had a scheduled appointment. Other members of Yeltsin's tight circle of advisers had schemed to keep him out, after orchestrating the ailing president's most recent "there he goes again" moment. With Russia on the brink of yet another war in the northern Caucasus with Muslim separatists, Yeltsin had been ...