Now another go at self-reform
RUSSIA'S new government is its most liberal since 1992. The main question overhanging it is whether its two stars, Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, will be partners in reform or rivals for power. If they stick together, and if President Boris Yeltsin continues to back them, they have a chance to deliver to Russia at last the dose of good government it sorely needs.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Now another go at self-reform”
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