ELECTION COMMISSION WANTS TO BAN PRIVATE ELECTION ADS.

NikolaiRyabov, the chairman of the Central Election Commission, toldNTV August 2 that he had issued an instruction banning politicaladvertising on privately owned electronic media. If his ordersticks–and that is far from certain–candidates and parties wouldbe able to use only the state-owned media, something that wouldboth restrict the amount of advertising and give the governmentadditional control over the campaign. Both results would aid PrimeMinister Viktor Chernomyrdin’s "Russia is Our Home"electoral bloc.

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