Ironically, Yeltsin found himself in Gorbachev’s position last Thursday when he ended Alexander Lebed’s brief tenure as security advisor. Lebed has his eye on the presidency and is popular with the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Sacked by a livid Boris Yeltsin amid charges he was plotting a coup, national security chief Alexander Lebed wasted no time Thursday serving his own gruff notice: He will be out to ...