MORE OPPOSITION VICTORIES IN RUSSIAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS.

Gubernatorial elections took place yesterday in ten Russian regions ranging from Khabarovsk in the far east to Arkhangelsk in the north. Preliminary results show Communist and nationalist candidates winning in Bryansk, Kurgan, Vladimir, and Voronezh oblasts, and leading in Ryazan oblast, where a Communist was also elected mayor of the provincial capital. The Kremlin-appointed incumbent is in the lead in Astrakhan oblast. (Itar-Tass, Reuters, AP, December 9)

Russian Voters Nix Power Plant.