European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 7, 1993 i world the stars and stripes b Pago 11showdown is set overrule in Russia Moscow apr lawmakers voted Friday for an emergency session of Congress this week setting up a showdown with president Boris n. Yeltsin Over which Branch of government should hold supreme Power in Russia. The action came amid heightened political tensions in the russian capital with hardliners accusing Yeltsin of plotting a a fascist dictatorship by planning to introduce a state of emergency. Yeltsin a spokesmen denied the allegations. Legislators voted 138-31, with seven abstentions to Convene the communist dominated Congress of people s deputies on wednesday. Just a Day earlier they refused to Call the extraordinary session. On Friday Yeltsin a rival parliament speaker Ruslan Kha Bulatov said lawmakers backtracked because they did no to have the constitutional right to obstruct an emergency session demanded by regional officials across Russia. For months Yeltsin has been engaged in a bitter Power struggle with Kha Bulatov and has accused lawmakers of blocking his political and economic reforms. Yeltsin wanted the Congress to meet by wednesday to consider a proposed Power sharing Deal with Kha Bulatov. The the april president or the parliament. By Law referendum questions must be drawn up 30 Days before the balloting but the Congress whose members were elected before the soviet collapse is unpredictable. It could vote to cancel the referendum or try to erode Yeltsin a Power further recent polls indicate that if the balloting is held russians would vote for the president by a 2-to-l margin. But High inflation crime and unemployment arc eroding Yeltsin a popular proposed the referendum in december when the Congress forced him to replace his reformist prime minister with a soviet Era bureaucrat. Hard liners reacted angrily to Khas Bulatovs a proposal to meet wednesday saving he was playing into Yeltsin a hands. They urged holding the session a week later. Russians Cany portraits and banners in Moscow to Mark the 40th anniversary Friday of soviet dictator Josef Stalin a death some russians Praise Days of Stalin Moscow a dozens of Sta to insists Laid Flowers at the dictators grave along the Kremlin Wall Friday to Mark the 40th anniversary of his death. They later accused president Boris n. Yeltsin of plotting a new dictatorship. A people remember How Well we lived under Stalin. Everything was for the people. Now everything is for the Rich a said Olga Ivanova a pensioner who joined the demonstration of aging stalinist outside the Lenin museum. On a Clear Crisp Day about 80 people carrying red banners and portraits of Josef Stalin silently filed past the bust that Marks his grave and Laid red carnations and yellow tulips there. A hours is the True cause. We shall win a read one sign quoting Stalin swords during world War ii. A Stalin raised us for the Good of the nation a read another. Forty years after Stalin died of a brain Haemorrhage at age 73, the nation he forged through Force terror and mass deportations has split apart. Some russians bewildered by the changes and angered by their new found poverty Long for a Strong Leader in Stalin a Mold a someone to fix the Economy fight crime and Stop ethnic warfare. In the georgian town of Gori hundreds of people carrying wreaths and playing funeral music solemnly gathered outside the two room Brick House where Stalin was born. They later marched to the town Square that still bears a statue of him a one of the few remaining in the former soviet Union. A the country needs a new Stalin a said one Marcher Josef Dezhi Shvili. Adriatic duty unchanged for Juk Crew by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau aboard the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy operations have remained at routine Levels for the Crew aboard a . Aircraft Carrier in the Adriatic sea despite the Advent of . Air Force Airdrop. The aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy re entered the Central Adriatic in the february the Carrier group commander said last week. The Carrier is conducting operations about 55 Miles off the coast of former Yugoslavia. The Navy is playing Only a minor role in the Airdrop operations. That began last week by transport planes belonging to the . Air Force. The Navy is launching patrol aircraft in support of the Airdrop. But the Only Navy involvement so far it Lair in support of american c-130 cargo planes dropping emergency supplies into Bosnia Ana Herzegovina Are the carriers e-2c Hawkeye Early detection aircraft. A each evening we do launch two e-2s that Are part of the monitoring of the Airdrop that Are going into Bosnia he rec Bovina a said rear adm. James a. Lair. But its the same Mission that we re performing with the United nations Relief flights that go into Sarajevo every he described the Navy aircraft flights As a mini air traffic although the full array of the Carrier s aircraft is in the air when the Hawk eyes Are launched Lair said the fighter and bombers flights Are a just a Normal the carriers aircraft Are sometimes Only 150 Miles from the air forces a 130s and would need Only a few minutes to reach them if ordered to do so. Turkey countries outside nato joining Bosnia Airlift by Mark k1nkade staff writer As . Air Force c-130s continue the Airlift of Relief supplies to battered Bosia and Herzegovina nato and coun ies outside the Western Alliance Are be nning to offer More support. Turkey is joining the Airlift Effort which based at Rhein main a Germany and Ussia has offered to help. British and Ca Adian forces already Are part of the unit a nations Mission on the ground in the a in former Yugoslavia. A turkish c-160 cargo plane landed at a Hein main saturday evening with a Load of Relief supplies. This marked the first time Turkey Nas been involved in the operation said provide Promise spokeswoman army 1st it. Leanne Smullen. But turkeys exact role in the Mission is unknown she said. . State department planners Are consulting with the turkish government to determine what aircraft will be donated to the operation on an ongoing basis. A spokesman with the operation said the c-160 is capable of airlifting cargo to Sarajevo but cannot participate in the Airdrop Mission. The cargo from the turkish aircraft including food and Medicine will be added to the supplies going to the War torn country Smullen said. Planners Haven t determined if it will be part of the Airdrop or Airlift. Germany participates in the Airlift of supplies to Sarajevo but has t been in the Airdrop Mission. After five Days the Only aircraft flying the Airdrop Are from the United Stales Smullen said. A . European come evaluation team is in Moscow discussing russians recent offer of assistance in the Airlift. During a Pentagon press conference thursday a department of defense spokesman said the team is to review the capabilities and needs of russian aircraft that May participate to see if they Are compatible with the operation. While More countries Are offering assistance with the Relief Effort in the air the operation goes on. Five . C-130s dropped 27 tons of rations and nearly one ton of Medicine without incident in Srebrenick and Konjevic Bosnia on Friday. A Neucom statement said Srebrenick was chosen for the Airdrop because Supply convoys Haven to been Able to reach the town since december
