ZYUGANOV SAYS RUSSIA THREATENED BY CIVIL WAR.

Yeltsin’s Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov sought to capitalize on the turmoil of the past week by warning that a pro-Western "fifth column" is active in Russia and is threatening the motherland. Russia was sliding into civil war, Zyuganov’s statement warned, and a "decrepit" President Yeltsin had lost control of the situation. (Itar-Tass, June 20)

Chechen Resistance Fights, Appeals.