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| | East European Constitutional Review |
 | | Communist Party (CPRF) leader Gennady Zyuganov called for the creation of a special constitutional assembly to reshape the presidency, and both the Federation Council speaker, Yegor Stroev, and Duma chairman, Gennady Seleznev, supported the idea of indirect presidential elections, using an electoral college of parliamentarians and local electors. |
 | | Primakov and other government officials denied the allegations, though Procurator General Skuratov reopened an investigation, on November 10, into charges of corruption against Kulik related to his activities as Soviet minister for agriculture in 1990. |
 | | For its part, the Duma launched an investigation of Yeltsin's holdings of ORT shares, while Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin announced an investigation of the central bank and other institutions over alleged losses of billions of dollars during August's currency crisis. |
| www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol8num1-2/constitutionwatch/russia.html (3054 words) |
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