ALEKSANDR LEBED

has announced his candidacy for April elections for governor of Krasnoyarsk in eastern Siberia. He is likely to face two opponents, the pro-government incumbent and a Communist Party challenger. Since losing his job as head of the National Security Council in late 1996, Lebed has organized the Honor and Motherland party and promoted himself as a presidential candidate for the year 2000. Winning in Krasnoyarsk is probably critical to that effort. On the border