Russia Calls on Tatars for Unity
President Boris N. Yeltsin’s top lieutenant appealed Sunday to the rebel region of Tatarstan to remain part of Russia after it voted in a referendum for self-rule.
First Deputy Prime Minister Gennady E. Burbulis appealed to the oil-rich territory to sign an agreement shaping new relations between Moscow and a score of mini-republics within Russia.
Yeltsin charged that Saturday’s referendum was aimed at secession from the sprawling federation. Tatar leaders, however, said they want more control over natural resources, not secession.
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