ZHIRINOVSKY WARNS OF COUP D’ETAT.

Russian nationalist leaderVladimir Zhirinovsky said that a group of Russian politiciansare preparing a coup to disrupt the elections and establish a"pro-Western military dictatorship," Ostankino televisionreported August 25. Zhirinovsky said this effort was backed bythe US Central Intelligence Agency. But Yeltsin’s press secretarySergei Medvedev dismissed Zhirinovsky’s remarks the same day arguingthat Zhirinovsky was only trying to attract attention to himself.

Chernomyrdin: Moscow Will Cut Export Duties.