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Boris Yeltsin retires,
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MOSCOW (AP) — Former President Boris
Yeltsin officially became a retiree Wednesday, re
ceiving his pensioner’s card — and a promise that
his pension will be paid on time, something his
own administration was largely unable to do.
“I think [the government] will not be
ashamed over any de-
lays with pension pay
ments that existed in
the past,” the head of
the Russian Pension
Foundation, Mikhail
Zurabov, told Yeltsin.
Zprabov spoke as
he handed him the card
at the government-
owned Gorky-9 coun
try residence where
Yeltsin lives.
"Even in this
pensioner's post
I will serve Rus
sia with as
much strength
as I've got."
“We will confidently pay pensions to all re
tirees, including you,” Zurabov said in footage
broadcast on Russia’s main television channels.
The TV report did not give the amount of the
pension.
During Yeltsin's nine years in power, Russia’s
state workers and retirees routinely received their
pay months late, as the cash-strapped government
struggled to collect eflough revenues to cover
even most basic expenditures.
The payment delays contributed to Russians’
wide dislike of their former president.
Yeltsin, 69, will get a pension that is lavish by
Russian standards — the average monthly pen
sion now is about $17.50.
Shortly after
Yeltsin resigned
Dec. 31 and named
then-Premier
Vladimir Putin as
his successor, Putin
signed a decree set
ting Yeltsin’s pen
sion at 75 percent of
his presidential
salary, giving him
the use of one of the
state-owned country residencies for life, and al
lowing him to finance a corps of aides out of the
YELTSIN
government budget.
Putin became president after winning elec
tions March 26.
Yeltsin smiled and appeared healthy
Wednesday.
“Even in this pensioner’s post I will serve
Russia,” Yeltsin said, “with as much strength as
I’ve got.”
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Brazil’s lead
seeks justice
Brazil’s landless leader seeksjusi %s
The retrial of Jose Rainha, Brazil’s most
Monday, nearly three years after he was
in a botched attempt to take over a farm
Rainha’s group,
the Landless Rural
Workers Movement,
promotes land
Invasions to redress
the tact that most ot
the land in Brazil is
owned by a small,
elite portion ot the
population.
Rainha was sentenced to 26 1/2
years in prison but in Brazil, anyone
sentenced to more than 20 years is
automatically granted a retrial.
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Turkish
parliamei
rejects M
ANKARA, Turkey (API
Turkey’s parliament rejectedal
extend President Suleyman Dcf
term in office today, a serious ti
the 10-month-old govemmeii|
pushed hard for the re-election 1
76-old president.
Only 303 deputies voted ini ’
the constitutional reform while IF
islators voted against. Itwasnoicif*
the government would sedfff-
vote or w ithdraw the bill.
The vote was a setback^
Minister Bulent Ecevit, whohs:
that Demirel’s re-election was;
for stability in the country.
The result was expected toct
rious political bickering
tion members. Many apparenll!)
Demirel as the symbol of immol
Turkish politics and favored#
candidates.
Ecevit feared that dissenii;
Demirel’s successor could haul* |
government’s economic i
age and much-needed political sl)l|
on the road toward membership^
European Union.
The constitutional reform w«
duce the president’s term fromse':
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five years, but would allow for a sf
term. A new president must bee t -y OU are ^
by May 16.
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post, however the presidency to
the power broker in several goveir;
crises.
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