WORLD : Pravda Apologizes for Article on Yeltsin’s Behavior During U.S. Visit
The Communist Party newspaper Pravda made a rare public apology today for printing an article that accused political maverick Boris N. Yeltsin of indulging in a boozing and buying spree during his U.S. tour.
It said the reporter who wrote the story hadn’t seen the purported binge himself but relied instead on a U.S. newspaper report and hearsay.
On Monday, Pravda reprinted an article published by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that said Yeltsin had departed the United States leaving “a wake of catastrophic prophecies, insane expenses, interviews and above all the perfume of Jack Daniels Black Label” whiskey.
A flushed and angry Yeltsin called the charges “garbage” within minutes of returning to Moscow.
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