MUSLIMS, ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ORGANIZE FOR ELECTIONS.

TheMuslim Nur bloc will nominate 100 candidates for the parliament,movement leader Khalit Yakhin told Interfax August 1. Yakhin hasfrequently spoken out in favor of support for radical Islamicregimes throughout the world; he said he expected his party towin the 5 percent of the vote needed for representation in thenew Duma. Meanwhile, a group of Russian Orthodox Christians hasdecided to advance a "social-Orthodox" list of nomineesin order to advance the country’s spiritual development, Komsomolskayapravda reported July 29.

Baburin’s Nationalist Bloc to Focus on Parliamentary Vote.