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Enigmas In Moscow
Russian Jews wonder which Putin won
the vote: reformer or iron ruler?
LEV GORODETSKY
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Moscow
Just days before the Russian
presidential election, the coun-
try's state-controlled television
channel ran an ad claiming one
of the presidential contenders was con-
trolled by Jews, foreigners and gays.
The attack ad on the ORT channel
against Grigory Yavlinsky, who has
Jewish roots, came as something of a
surprise because Russian President
Vladimir Putin, who won Sunday's elec-
tion with 52 percent of the vote, had
not played a strong nationalist card dur-
ing the campaign.
If anything, it was the campaign of
Putin's main rival, Communist leader
Gennady Zyuganov, that had been taint-
ed from the start with Russian national-
ism, and sometimes open antsemitism..
A typical ad for the election — which
came amid ongoing concerns over anti-
semitic incidents and economic down-
turn, resulting in increased Jewish immi-
gration to Israel during the last few
years, ran: "What is the secret of
Zyuganov? He is kind and honest — a
genuine Russian," implying that people
like Yavlinsky are not.
But looked at in another light, the
sudden appearance of the ad, which
Putin's team has denied any prior
knowledge of, is not surprising at all.
There have been at least two Putins
so far: the man who after being desig-
nated heir apparent by Russian President
Boris Yeltsin promised U.S. President
Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister
Tony Blair that he would pursue free
market reforms and human rights, and
the former KGB officer who has pur-
sued the war in Chechnya with a
vengeance and not permitted journalists
the press freedoms to cover either that
bloody war against Muslim separatists or
the campaign itself.
IT
Projected Visions
"I've been joking that it's not clear
which Putin is going to win the elec-
tion," said Carol Saivetz, a research asso-
ciate at the Davis Center of Russian
Studies at Harvard University. "He's
been purposefully vague about what his
plans are for the future."
Exactly how this will translate in the
coming months is unknown.
Will Putin pursue free-market
reforms and crack down on anti-
semitism or will he become an authori-
tarian leader who allows free-market
reforms but limits individual freedoms
and pays scant attention to human
rights?
Putin gave a positive indication for
Jews on Monday, when he sent word to
an annual Jewish choral competition in
Moscow that he would nominate the
director of Moscow's Jewish Art Center
to become a hero of the state. Leopold
Kaimovsky, who was stabbed in a
Moscow synagogue in July, was given a
standing ovation.
Pledges And Actions
The pre-election antisemitic ad that cap-
tured international headlines demon-
strates that there may be two Putins
regarding Jewish issues as well.
Since Yeltsin plucked Putin from
obscurity and made him his prime min-
ister in August 1999 — and then acting
president when he resigned on Dec. 31
— Putin has often stated his willingness
to combat antisemitism and xenopho-
bia.
In November, he met with the lead-
ers of the umbrella Federation of Jewish
Communities of Russia. More recently,
he pledged to combat the scourge of
antisemitism in a response to a letter of
concern from U.S. legislators.
Even though it was clear from polls
that Yavlinsky, who garnered less than 6
percent, had no chance of winning the
election, the ad was vicious.
The ad accused Yavlinsky of having
spent 10 times as much money on his
election campaign as was legally permit-
ted. It was further alleged that he had
illegally received this extra money from
abroad and from the Jewish media
tycoon Vladimir Goussinsky, who heads
the umbrella Russian Jewish Congress.
The ad mentioned that Goussinsky is
an Israeli citizen and, clearly meaning to
stress his Jewish and Israeli connection,
showed footage of Yavlinsky sitting
among kippa-wearing Jews. ❑
— JTA Staff Writer Peter Ephross in
New York contributed to this report.