PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO BE RIGGED, PAPER SUGGESTS.

Moskovskykomsomolets on August 16 said that sociologists now believethat the Russian authorities will be able to rig up to 35 percentof the ballots in the 1996 elections, enough to determine theoutcome in Boris Yeltsin’s favor regardless of who runs againsthim. The paper added that today, "the Kremlin under Yeltsinis more reminiscent of a Persian court: The lead role is playednot by the aging sultan but by the chief of guards and the courtsupervisor."

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