PRIVATIZATION FOE TO BE COMMUNIST PRIME MINISTER?

Communist presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov has repeatedly said that he will continue Russia’s reform course, "though by other ways and means." Investors’ confidence will not be increased by news that a potential candidate for the post of prime minister in a Communist government is Veniamin Sokolov, who has spearheaded the Duma’s recent efforts to reverse the outcome of last year’s "shares for loans" auctions. (Izvestiya, April 6)

Bonn Demands Moscow End War in Chechnya.