POLITICS.

1. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE MAY RUN FOR PRESIDENCY (Sergei Kovalyov).
2. DOCUMENT SIGNED BY NIKOLAI FYODOROV (president of Chuvashia) WAS
   ANTICONSTITUTIONAL.
3. COMMANDER OF A MARINE CORPS BATTALION OF THE PACIFIC FLEET REFUSED TO SEND
   NEWLY RECRUITED SOLDIERS TO CHECHNYA.
4. VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN WAS OFFERED A BARGAIN.
5. THE CHECHEN CAMPAIGN HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A DEEP POLITICAL CRISIS IN MOSCOW.
6. PREMIER SUGGESTS STARTING A DIALOGUE.