RUSSIA: COMMUNISTS, LDPR TO CONSIDER OUTSIDERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE...(Liberal Democratic Party of Russia)(Brief Article) From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: December 24, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Info-Prod (Middle East) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Communist Party is reportedly divided between those who support party leader Gennadii Zyuganov as the Communist candidate in the 14 March presidential election, those who wish to nominate a new person in light of the party's poor showing in the 7 December State Duma elections, and those who want the party to boycott the race, "Kommersant-Daily" reported on 23 December. Communist Party Central Committee Secretary Sergei Potapov said that the question of the party's participation...