THE INDIFFERENT WILL DECIDE THE RUSSIAN ELECTIONS.

Eightypercent of Russians have not decided whether they will participatein the December parliamentary elections, and 50 percent say thatthey do not think it is worth voting, Izvestiya reportedJuly 26. And only 10 percent are committed to any particular candidate.As a result, virtually any candidate could catch fire–includingextremist ones–and sweep the day, the paper said.

MOSCOW COMMITS SIX TRILLION RUBLES TO AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.