Zyuganov's Deputy Says He Will Quit, THE MOSCOW TIMES

From: The Moscow Times (Russia) | Date: June 8, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Francesca Mereu
The Moscow Times (Russia)
06-08-2004
URL: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
In a move likely to lead to further fierce infighting, veteran
Communist Valentin Kuptsov has announced he will step down as party leader
Gennady Zyuganov's deputy at a congress next month and has called for new
leadership.
Kuptsov is likely to call for wholesale changes in the party
leadership at the congress, after falling out with Zyuganov over the party's
poor electoral showing, a party source familiar with the situation said.

The announcement came days after a letter from six members of the
party's Central ...

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