NPR's Ann Cooper reports from Moscow on the Russian presidential campaign. Russian President Boris Yeltsin today used the power of his incumbency to fire some hard-line generals, sign a decree to pull Russian troops out of Chechnya and sent money to some miners so they'll get paid before the run-off election. Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov has been nearly invisible, but appears to be positioning himself for a role in the government if he loses to Yeltsin. Russian voters go to the polls a week from tomorrow to choose between Yeltsin and Zyuganov for the presidency of that nation.
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