KALMYK LEADER TO JOIN CHERNOMYRDIN’S BLOC DESPITE ITS "BOLSHEVIK"PROPAGANDA.

Kalmyk president Kirsan Ilyuzhimov said that hewould join other regional leaders in supporting Russian premierViktor Chernomyrdin’s "Russia is Our Home" electoralbloc because such support would be "beneficial" to hisrepublic, Vechernyaya Moskva reported August 19. But Ilyuzhimovsaid he had taken this step with some reluctance because the blocfeatured "Bolshevik-type propaganda."

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