...rumored, in part because the government faces heavy payments on ruble-denominated debt in coming days and weeks. Anatoly Chubais, Russia's envoy to international lending organizations, insisted that the government was not defaulting. "We...

...been incapacitated. In an apparent concession to hard-liners, Yeltsin fired prominent reformers Boris Nemtsov and Anatoly Chubais -- the latter for the third time. Chubais was the government's chief negotiator with international lenders, obtaining...

...with Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko on Friday and with Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov and Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais, Russia's liaison with international lending organizations. Mr. Fischer and Mr. Kiriyenko agreed Friday that...

...Camdessus lasted more than a half-hour. Meanwhile, the government's chief negotiator with Western lending agencies, Anatoly Chubais, prepared to meet with an IMF representative who was expected to arrive sometime Friday night. The Russian economy...

...Communists who constantly rail against it. Privatization programs run by Chernomyrdin and another senior Russian leader, Anatoly Chubais, are at the center of insider dealings benefiting just a handful of pro-Clinton Russian plutocrats. But since...

...been incapacitated. In an apparent concession to hard-liners, Yeltsin fired prominent reformers Boris Nemtsov and Anatoly Chubais -- the latter for the third time. Chubais was the government's chief negotiator with international lenders, obtaining...

...increases in import and land taxes -- were signed over the weekend. Russia's chief negotiator with the fund, Anatoly Chubais, estimated Russia's chances of gaining approval for the IMF loan at "80 to 20." The World Bank is also considering...

...agencies that are drafting plans to bail out Russia's sinking economy, a government negotiator said Thursday. Anatoly Chubais, the government's lead negotiator in meetings with the lending agencies, said he had reached a "decisive" stage...

...than that it shows someone is back in charge. Yeltsin's retention of Viktor Chernomyrdin as prime minister and Anatoly Chubais in the top economic post is particularly pleasing to the U.S. Either would make a good successor to Yeltsin someday...