Russian Jews were divided over President Boris Yeltsin’s decision to dismiss his entire Cabinet. Alexander Osovtsov, the executive vice president of the Russian Jewish Congress, called it a “natural process” of a democratic state. But other Jewish activists questioned the logic of the surprise move, which Yeltsin said was prompted by the slow pace of market reforms.
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