VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN

, Russia’ s Prime Minister and a presumed candidate in the country’s next presidential race, arrived in Washington on March 10 for several days of talks with American leaders. The visit came under the auspices of the "Gore-Chernomyrdin commission," a body created in 1993 to boost economic cooperation between the former Cold War enemies. Co-chaired by the Russian prime minister and U.S. Vice President