Tycoon Fired From Commonwealth Post
From Times Wire Reports
President Boris N. Yeltsin fired business tycoon Boris A. Berezovsky from his post as executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a grouping of former Soviet states. Prime Minister Yevgeny M. Primakov told Russian television that Berezovsky had abused his authority as Commonwealth chief by meddling in Russian government affairs. Berezovsky, in Azerbaijan for talks with President Heydar A. Aliyev, said Yeltsin had no authority to fire him.
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