Legal threat to Kiriyenko

Moscow - President Boris Yeltsin meets prime minister designate Sergei Kiriyenko today to map out their next steps in Mr Kiriyenko…

Moscow - President Boris Yeltsin meets prime minister designate Sergei Kiriyenko today to map out their next steps in Mr Kiriyenko's battle for parliamentary confirmation.

Mr Gennady Zyuganov, leader of Russia's Communists, said yesterday he would raise a legal challenge to Mr Kiriyenko, arguing that the president cannot re-nominate a candidate who has already been rejected.

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