KALMYK PRESIDENT LAUNCHES EARLY REELECTION BID.

Kalmykpresident Kirsan Ilyuzhimov will face the electorate on October15 now that the local parliament–appointed by him–has passedthe necessary legislation, Segodnya reported August 16.Ilyuzhimov, who earlier had bought off the elected deputies withcash, said that "in 1993, the people of Kalmykia voted forme as a millionaire and a businessman, that is, as a pig in apoke; now they will be able to vote for a statesman."

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