YELTSIN ALLOWS GUBERNATORIAL VOTE IN SVERDLOVSK.

Although he had bannedregional elections in 1994, Yeltsin has issued a decree calling forgubernatorial elections this year in Sverdlovsk, Segodnya reported May 12. Inaddition to his home town ties, Yeltsin is perhaps concerned by the continuedinfluence there of ousted governor Edouard Rossel, a man who continues todominate local affairs from his post as head of the powerful Urals regionalassociation.

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