ZYUGANOV DENIES SECRET AGENDA.

Communist presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov has denied the statement made by General Valentin Varennikov at a meeting of the Union of Officers on Saturday that the Russian Communist party has a "maximalist" program that will be only made public after a Communist victory in the presidential election in June. (NTV, March 17; Interfax, March 18)

Russian Offensive in Chechnya Expanding.