Word: zyuganov
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...pervasive air of distrust clouds the entire enterprise. The Communists have been feeding voters dark tales of conspiracy, and even Yeltsin's supporters believe he will not allow himself to lose. By fair means or foul, citizens predict, Yeltsin is the present and future President. Of course if Zyuganov wins, Russians will also say he cheated. And whoever loses will charge the other with fraud...
...closeness of the contest has thrown the Communist candidate onto the defensive. Last week Zyuganov headed for Siberia, shunning critics in the big cities for the reassuring applause of the "red and passionate" in the remote Far East. There he wins heady applause from his natural constituency of pensioners and those left out of the new, rambunctious Russian society, who share his visions of impending apocalypse and lap up communism's promise to restore a mythic past of civil order and financial security...
...they come out on top as expected, Yeltsin and Zyuganov will go on to the runoff, probably on July 7 or July 14. Analysts will be watching the size of the turnout in the first round for indicators of the final result. The way they calculate it, a large total vote helps Yeltsin because Zyuganov's base among the hard-core disgruntled is thought to level off at 25%. In Round 2 of the campaign, the leaders will scramble to pick up supporters from the nine failed candidates. Yeltsin is expected to win backers from Yavlinsky, Lebed and Fyodorov, while...
...telephone. She must trek miles to the nearest store for bread and milk. "There used to be order," she says. "Today there is no one to complain to in the village when something goes wrong or when we have questions. Of course I will vote for Zyuganov." Her monthly pension is 200,000 rubles (U.S.$40), and that buys almost nothing. "It's not only that," she says, pointing to brick mansions rising on the edge of the village. "That's the 'New Russians.' I can't afford to buy bricks, and they are building expensive saunas and swimming pools...
...what he says about the economy. Yeltsin has a reputation that's not good; he's at fault for a lot of the crime going on. The communists never brought us any good. If Yavlinsky loses, and in the second round it's between Yeltsin and Zyuganov, I'd have to vote for Yeltsin, since he would mean stability." His mother, Matashenko adds, is "an old communist" who will undoubtedly vote for Zyuganov...