YAKUT PRESIDENT TO FOLLOW KALMYK MODEL?

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 77

The president ofYakutiya-Sakha Mikhail Nikolayev reportedly is considering adoptingthe Kalmyk model for extending his term through early electionsor by referendum, Russian radio reported August 17. If other regionalleaders follow suit, Boris Yeltsin might also.

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