SHUMEIKO SUGGESTS REFEDERALIZATION IS IMPOSSIBLE NOW.

Untilthe current generation of political leaders passes from the scene,the internal administrative divisions of the Russian Federationcannot be change, Federation Council chairman Vladimir Shumeikotold Moscow radio August 18. Arguing that "politics is theart of the possible," Shumeiko suggested that all plans fora radical redivision of the country–such as those advanced byAleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Zhirinovsky–were totallyunrealistic

Soskovets Tells North Caucasians Not to Count on Moscow Aid.