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Reports on Russia's national referendum on several issues. Vote of confidence for President Boris Yeltsin; Approval of his policies; Presidential elections; Parliamentary elections; `Soviet-style' pro-Yeltsin propaganda campaign; Media coverage; Opposition party; Results of the referendum.

Focuses on the Boris Yeltsin's action on mafia and bureaucratic corruption by making a team to `establish order' in the government and the economy. Russia's officials who are handpicked by Yeltsin for the team; Two models of market economy according to Boris Nemtsov; How Nemtsov is facing an uphill battle; Most `effective' personal secret services; How majority of the parliament members has turned public service into a profit-making enterprise.

Questions Russian president Boris Yeltsin's capacity to lead his nation to democracy and the free market. US President Bill Clinton's support for Yeltsin; Yeltsin as supposed front-man for hardliners in his circle of advisers; Yeltsin's weakened health condition; Handling of the Chechnya uprising.

Examines Russian President Boris Yeltsin's victory over presidential candidacy rivals like Gennady Zyuganov. Kremlin's decision to renege on its pre-election promise to end the war in Chechnya; Emergence of an anti-corruption campaign in Russia; Components of contemporary Russian democracy.

Focuses on the political developments in Russia. Popularity of communist politicians; Corruption; President Boris Yeltsin's activities; Economic problems; Chechen conflict.

Reports on the foundering of the Russian Revolution of 1991. Comparison of the Revolution with other revolutions; Requirements for a successful revolution; Composition of President Boris Yeltsin's government in terms of political ideology.

Discusses the political and economic conditions of Russia and Ukraine. Russia's `centrist' forces; Neo-Communist violence during Russia's May Day celebrations; Decline in Russia's 1993 oil production; Ukraine's economic balance sheet; Low public support for authoritarian power; Absence of ethnic conflicts and centrifugal regionalism; Effect of the Soviet Union's collapse; Focus of Western strategic thinking and aid.

Discusses the political situation in post-Communist Russia. Viktor Chernomyrdin taking over; Concerns of Stephen F. Cohen of Princeton University on staking Russian policy on Boris Yeltsin to the exclusion of other democratic forces; Ruslan Khasbulatov's dislike of unbridled capitalism; Yeltsin's popularity rating; Distressing developments in Russia; More.

Describes the shift in concerns for an American journalist in Moscow. Preoccupation with Russian issues over American politics; Trial over Communist Party's efforts to have President Boris Yeltsin's ban on the Party's activities overturned; Testimony of top Communist officials; Claims that the Communist Party was no more than a political party with no undue influence over the government or the economy.

Discusses the reactions of Russians observing the maneuvers of officials elected in the Duma elections of December, 1995. Reference to Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party; Gennady Zyuganov's Communist Party; Details.