MAJORITY OF MUSCOVITES APPROVE LEBED’S PEACE EFFORTS.

Seventy-one percent of Moscow residents approve of Aleksandr Lebed’s efforts to resolve the Chechen conflict; 13 percent are strongly opposed, and 16 percent have no opinion according to a poll of 1,305 people by the respected VTsIOM polling organization. Those with higher education, holding managerial posts or aged under 40 are most likely to approve; members of the security services least likely. (Interfax, September 18)

Slow Progress on Chechnya POWs.