Eduard M Shevardnadze

With the surprise resignation of Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze, the U.S. government lost the best friend it ever had in the Kremlin, a pivotal author of the post-Cold War Washington-Moscow partnership that stretched from Eastern Europe to the Persian Gulf. Secretary of State James A. Baker III gamely predicted that Soviet foreign policy will remain unchanged because President Mikhail S. Gorbachev wants it that way. But Baker acknowledged that the U.S.

Russia pledged to help Georgian President Eduard A. Shevardnadze fight a "hydra of terrorism" after he escaped an assassination attempt Monday that has strained relations with Moscow. "I . . . offered him my moral support," Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin told reporters on the last day of a state visit to Italy.

Russia pledged to help Georgian President Eduard A. Shevardnadze fight a "hydra of terrorism" after he escaped an assassination attempt Monday that has strained relations with Moscow. "I . . . offered him my moral support," Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin told reporters on the last day of a state visit to Italy.

With the surprise resignation of Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze, the U.S. government lost the best friend it ever had in the Kremlin, a pivotal author of the post-Cold War Washington-Moscow partnership that stretched from Eastern Europe to the Persian Gulf. Secretary of State James A. Baker III gamely predicted that Soviet foreign policy will remain unchanged because President Mikhail S. Gorbachev wants it that way. But Baker acknowledged that the U.S.