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>From TheIndependent (UK)
> MOSCOW CHIEF PREPARES BID FOR KREMLIN
>
>
> BORIS YELTSIN'S dream of determining his successor as Russia's
> president was badly dented yesterday with the birth of a
> formidable political coalition intent on winning control of
> parliament and laying the ground for an attempt on the Kremlin
> itself.
>
> It is dominated by Yuri Luzhkov, one of Russia's most ruthless
> and successful politicians, who is viewed with suspicion by Mr
> Yeltsin's inner circle and with open distaste within the depleted
> ranks of Russia's genuine liberals.
>
> Yesterday, Mr Luzhkov, 62 and Mayor of Moscow, took a further
> step along the path to power, forging an alliance between his
> political movement, Fatherland, and All Russia, a group
> comprising highly influential regional leaders.
>
> The alliance's sights will be trained on establishing a strong
> power base in parliament in the December elections. But its
> ultimate goal will be to win control of the Kremlin when Mr
> Yeltsin's final term ends next year.
>
> Its credentials are impressive. The mayor is a brilliant
> self-publicist who has used his office to build a city-run
> business and media empire and who, as head of Russia's capital,
> can whistle up plenty of campaign cash.
>
> He was returned as mayor in 1996 with a vote of about 90 per
> cent, after campaigning alongside Mr Yeltsin - with whom he has
> since fallen out. But his power base is Moscow; building support
> in the provinces has proved harder. The regional leaders, a
> powerful bloc who include such heavyweights as Mintimer Shaimiyev
> - President of the semi-autonomous Tatarstan - will ease that
> task.
>
> "There is no other political force, if we think about it," Mr
> Shaimiyev said."Somebody has to assume the responsibility now."
>
> Exactly who that somebody will be is certain to be a matter of
> intense debate in Moscow's political circles. In a further jab at
> the Kremlin, Mr Luzhkov said he intended to recruit the former
> prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, who was sacked by Mr Yeltsin in
> May after nine months in office in which he became the country's
> most trusted politician.
>
> Mr Primakov could lead the coalition's list of candidates for
> parliament, the mayor said. A line-up including the mayor and Mr
> Primakov, 69, would stand a strong chance of being overall
> victors in December's elections, setting the scene for an attempt
> on the Kremlin by Mr Primakov.
>
> But Mr Luzhkov undoubtedly has his own presidential ambitions.
> These are eyed unhappily by his foes. Free market economists
> dislike his interventionism; Western policymakers look
> suspiciously at his nationalist streak; liberals fret over his
> patchy human rights record; and the corrupt among Russia's
> wealthy elite do not relish his threat to review the results of
> the privatisation programme. Nor will the Communists welcome the
> arrival of a Luzhkov-led coalition that could bite deep into
> their vote.
>
> As the battle lines begin to form, the Kremlin's inner circle is
> showing every sign of preparing for an intense struggle.
> Newspaper editors from across the spectrum publicly complained to
> Mr Yeltsin this week that senior officials were subjecting them
> to improper pressure.
>
> Yesterday, there was further evidence of the Kremlin election
> machine swinging into action. Mr Yeltsin's chief-of-staff,
> Alexander Voloshin, told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper Mr
> Luzhkov "is not the best alternative for the country". If he was
> elected, "we can expect plenty of unpleasant surprises", he
> added.
On a more serious note:
Don't know the Aussie term(s) for these things but I'd say there
are now "No worries, mate ..."
> CROCODILE DUNDEE FIGURE DEAD
>
>
> AN AUSTRALIAN bushman who inspired the 1986 hit movie Crocodile
> Dundee has been killed in a shootout with police in the outback.
> Police said Rodney Ansell shot and killed a policeman by a road
> block south of Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, before
> being shot dead.
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