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...ballot box, the aftershocks were no less unsettling than those triggered by the Bolshevik coup. Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a golden-tongued demagogue who has been compared with Adolf Hitler, looked to have swept enough votes to establish a powerful bloc for his neofascist party in the State Duma, the lower house of the new Russian parliament...
...squalls stirred by Russia's first real multiparty elections in 76 years may yet prove overblown. In reality, there were no decisive winners -- only losers. Of the eight parties that ran strongly enough in the 13-party free- for-all to secure seats in the Duma, none will enjoy anything near a majority. Zhirinovsky's misleadingly named Liberal Democratic Party stands to claim fewer than 80 seats in the 450-seat lower house of the new bicameral legislature, while reformers will occupy roughly twice that number. A preliminary count suggests that the lower house will be divided almost evenly among...
...coalition building, especially between the Communists and Zhirinovsky's followers -- a so-called Red-Brown coalition -- Russia's once daunting mastery of party discipline has gone the way of the honor guard at Lenin's tomb. Any alliances forged in coming days are likely to founder shortly after the Duma convenes in Moscow next month and Deputies get their first real taste of lawmaking. Despite the surprising showing by the Liberal Democrats, Zhirinovsky's power will be much diluted once the Duma gets down to business...
...bewildering task, since few Russian voters will be able to decipher from the draft constitution's 66 pages and 137 articles what parliament's role will be, what procedures it will follow, or how the 450 members of its lower house, the Duma, and the 176 delegates of its upper chamber will coordinate with the executive. No one even knows where the Duma will meet, although one proposed site, on the outskirts of Moscow 10 miles from the Kremlin, suggests the importance the new parliament will command in Yeltsin's estimation...
Safe, readily available vaccination for the disease is 95 percent effective, Duma said...