Kremlin’s worst niglilniarc: [slaniic rcxoluHoii inside llussia.rnTlie Dagestan militants hae long threatened Moseow with arnwave of terrorism if the infidel persisted in resisting the eiieroaehmentsrnot “]5ure Islam ” on Rnssian territor. ThernMoscow explosion ma hae mercK’ been the first warningrnfrom BAB and iiis Islamic friends.rnThere is another area where ByB can damage the Kremlin.rnHis media hae snrprisingK’ not downplayed the interconnectedrnstories of BNY, Mabatcx, Andava, and the “famiU’s” Swissrnbank acconnts. He will not go down alone, if that is the Kremlin’srngame. BAB’s fondest desire seems to be for Yeltsin to risernthe I^agestan crisis, the terrorist threat, nnrest in Karacbay-rnCherkessiya, and economic instabilih” as pretexts for the introductionrnof a state of emergency and the cancellation of npeoniingrnelections. It may be that Puhn and Yeltsin had a band inrnexacerbating tliese crises, at least in the beginning. BAB on]rndesires to pnsh tbcm along to assnre their mntnal protection.rnBnt Rnssian elites are not the only ones whose hands havernbeen soiled by filthy poliheal games. The Washington establishmentrnknew all about Yeltsin and the Kremlin kleptocracyrnlong before the BNY story appeared. The Kremlin eordd bernconveniently bought off—in the Balkans, over NATO expansion,rnover the continuing U.S. assaidt on Russia’s old ally,rnIraq — with IMF “loans” and World Bank “programs.” Besides,rnmany Western big shots, like George Soros, had opportunihesrnopened to them in Russia’s “emerging market.” The WorldrnBank and IMF globalist bureaucrats had new opportunities forrnjistifying their existence by aiding Russian “restructuring.”rnThus, Washington oerlookcd Yeltsin’s occasional deviationsrnhorn Robert’s Rides of Order: The shelling of Hie Russian parliamentrnin l^’9s and the unleashing of the unconstitutionalrnChechen war in 1994-9S (whieli left neadv lOO.OOO dead in itsrnwake, according to eshmates in the Russian press) were mcrcKrnthe most isible manifestations of Yeltsin’s increasingl- untrammeledrn]3ower after the failed August 1991 coup attempt.rnMeanwhile, die orchestrated appearance of Hie BNY storrnand its Mabatcx hvin in die American establishment’s mouthpiecesrnshould arouse suspicions. In Russia, there is a phrase torndescribe the true nature of the elite class, a class whose onl’rnreal interest, despite alleged ideological and polifieal differencesrnwithin it, is die maintenance of its own power: the “part}’rnof pover.” The Washington parh’ of power appears to be unleashingrna kompromat campaign that implicates Clinton’srnwoidd-be successor, Al Core. The establishment clearly meansrnto .stop short of discrediting the IMF as an institution (in fact, asrnof this writing the IMF seems prepared to pass along die nextrnscheduled “tranche” of hundreds of millions of dollars to Russiarnw idi nar}’ a peep from establishment mediaj or globalism as anrnideology (interventions across Hie globe continue with littlernprotest within America). It may be that Core is deemed to berntoting too much Clinton-era baggage, making him an unacceptablerncandidate in 2000. Policy wonk Bradley or the innoeuousrnCeorge W. may be deemed safer bets. Besides, whatrnbetter way to deflect PeroHsta and Buchananite attacks on thernNew World Order than by conducting a “thorough” investigationrnof riie Kremlingate scandal? Then Bush and Bradley canrneasily posture as popvilists and sap the energy of any possiblernMiddle American Revoluhon. “^^rnVISIT O U R WEBSITE!rnAt www.chroniclesmagazine.org, you canrn• subscribe or renew your subscription to Chroniclesrn• join The Rockford Institutern• get breaking notice of events, speaking engagements, lectures,rnconferences, and the Summer Schoolrn• preview next month’s coverrn• read editorials not published in Chroniclesrn• discuss the Book of Next Monthrn• order back issues, books, and tapesrn• learn more about the activities of The Rockford Institutern• correspond with Chronicles editors and Institute staffrn• see pictures of Tom Fleming with civil-rights activist Jesse Jacksonrnwww.chroniclesmagazine.org .. . updated regularly . . . visit oftenrni2/CHRONICLESrnrnrn