Text: In appointing the bland, seemingly slow-paced Chernomyrdin as his envoy, Boris Yeltsin is probably hoping that Chernomyrdin will somehow pull off a settlement without really seeming to or without raising too many hackles, and that his ultimate success will be Primakov's loss.
Entailment: The envoy appointed by Boris Yeltsin was Chernomyrdin, who is bland and slow-paced.
Contradiction: Chernomyrdin was seen by the public as exciting and quick.