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General Aleksandr Lebed, governor of Krasnoyarsk, is tied with Communist Party chairman Gennady Zyuganov atop the latest presidential poll. Each is the preference of 17 percent of respondents, with Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov at 13 percent and reform economist Grigory Yavlinsky with 12 percent. Ex-Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who declared his candidacy right after he was forced out of office, did not register enough support to report a result…. Grigory Yavlinsky was reported in “satisfactory” condition last week after what was said to be a mild heart attack. He is 46.