AGE CAUSES YAKOVLEV TO RUN.

Aleksandr Yakovlev told Ostankinotelevision that his friends had pressed him to run precisely becauseof his age and that he would be a candidate on Yegor Russia’sDemocratic Choice list. Yakovlev, now 72, would probably be theoldest member of the new Duma and thus would open it. If he hadwithdrawn, the oldest member and thus temporary chairman of thenew body would likely have been Yakovlev’s arch-rival communistAnatoly Lukyanov.

Luzhkov Denies Any Interest in Higher Office.