LEBED PLEASED BY POWELL.

Russian Lt. General (ret.) and hardliner presidential hopeful Aleksandr Lebed noted that US General Colin Powell is reported to have said: "Russia will forever remain a great European and Eurasian power." Lebed’s comment: "I have nothing to add…Some folks in the West discount the Russian army’s potential too quickly and lightly… Teeth are made not only for chewing but also for baring them sometimes."

Yeltsin Puts Privatization Under His Own Control.