YELTSIN ALLOWS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD.

The Russian president has decided to allow elections to be held in Nizhny Novgorod, Segodnya reported June 22. The region’s governor, Boris Nemtsov, got the word immediately after his much-commented-upon television exchange with Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the paper said. Nemtsov hopes to hold the vote concurrently with the Russian parliamentary elections on December 12.

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