RYBKIN: LEGAL PROBLEMS MAY INVALIDATE ELECTION.

The chairman of the State Duma warned today that disagreements over the electoral law could lead to the entire December 17 parliamentary election being challenged after the event. Duma speaker Ivan Rybkin raised a prospect of Russia’s second post-communist new parliament being dissolved or bypassed on the grounds of unconstitutional electoral rules–a tactic that might tempt President Boris Yeltsin if his Communist opponents fare too well. (5)

Arms Merchants to Participate in Malaysian Air Show.