简介:OnMarch23,1998,RussianPresidentBorisYeltsinstunnedthenationbydis-missingthegovernmentofPrimeMinisterViktorChernomyrdin.ThenhenominatedMr.SergeiKiriyenko,35,whohadbeenODtheenergyministerpostforonlythreemonths,forthenewheadofthecabinet.Thisimmediatelyignitedafiercepoliticalwarofamonthlongbetweentheexecutiveandthelegislaturedraw-inggreatconcernfromtheinternationalcommunity.AtthemomentwhenRussia