BORIS YELTSIN

in 1993, was disqualified by the regional election authorities (see Russia’s Week, October 25)…. The Kremlin fared better in Kaliningrad, where its candidate came in first in a field of twelve, 2-1 ahead of the incumbent whom he will face in a run-off…. Over the next two months, about a third of Russia’s eighty-nine regions will elect chief executives.