Excerpt from U. S. Policy Toward the New Independent States: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, January 25, 1994
The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m. in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Lee H. Hamilton (chairman} presiding.
Chairman Hamilton. The meeting of the committee will come to order.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs meets today in open session to discuss U.S. policy toward the New Independent States. Our witness today is the Honorable Strobe Talbott, Ambassador-at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States and Under Secretary of State Designate.
In addition, it is the Chair's intention, during the course of this hearing, when a quorum is present, to markup and report out H.R. 323, relating to the treatment by the Federal Republic of Germany of Hugo Princz, a U.S. citizen.
Ambassador Talbott, you last appeared before the committee on October 6, 1993, to discuss the situation in the NIS. Obviously, there have been several developments since that time, and many important events that we will go over with you in the course of this hearing. We are very eager to near your testimony today and your assessments of these developments and their implications for U.S policy toward Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union.
In recent months, and even days, the political and economic situation in Russia appears to have deteriorated significantly:
The ultra-Nationalist Party of Vladimir Zhirinovsky emerged as the largest single party bloc in the December 12 elections; the early proceedings of the newly elected Parliament suggest that the political bickering in Russia may intensify, rather than diminish; reformist Deputy Prime Minister Gaidar and Minister of Finance Fyodorov have resigned from the new Russian Government. In recent days, the Russian economic situation has suffered a serious setback, the ruble plunged 7.3 percent, and monthly inflation has jumped to 20 percent, up from 12 percent in December. And statements earlier this week by Foreign Minister Kozyrev that Russian troops will stay in the Baltics despite commitments for their early withdrawal are further cause for concern about the political climate in Russia today.
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