DEMOCRATS SEEN LOSING NEXT ELECTIONS.

A survey of Russianexperts presented on Ostankino television August 19 found thatmany of them believe that the democratic parties will lose inthe December 1995 Duma elections but then will be able to returnin the following round. The analysts cited suggested that thiswas a normal pattern in post-communist states and did not reflectsome uniquely Russian "passivity" among democratic forces.

Young Russians Dissatisfied.