Godo: Be careful, Lenin’s shadow has risen again! On Sunday, parliamentary elections were held in Russia and Austria A Russian war veteran voting on Sunday in front of Lenin’s bust Reuters photo The day before yesterday, general parliamentary elections for the Duma (the lower house of parliament) were held in Russia. Forty-three parties and political groups had registered for the election, to choose the deputies of the 450-seat parliament. Under the adopted electoral law, 50%, or 225 deputies, will be elected by direct vote under the proportional system, while the remaining 50% will be elected under the majority system. The number of registered voters was 105 million people. Around 65% of the electorate took part in the election, which, according to political specialists, is considered a satisfactory turnout. Until late last night it was possible to count only 50% of the votes. According to preliminary data, the communists received around 22% of the vote, Zhirinovsky’s ultranationalists around 11.2%, Chernomyrdin’s centre-right won 9.5%, and the Yabloko party 8.4%. The other parties did not secure the 5% of the vote needed to enter parliament. After the election results, various Russian politicians declared that they were ready to cooperate with all those forces that are against war on Russian territory. Western European media responded very cautiously to the election results, saying that this is an internal matter of Russia and that it reflects the will of the Russian people. World politicians have not expressed much pessimism regarding the election results; indeed, many of them welcomed them, expressing optimism about the continuation of the reforms started earlier. The White House spokesman, Mike McCurry, is reported to have said that “the preliminary election results show that democracy in Russia is moving forward,” while the spokesman of the U.S. State Department said that “the results so far do not speak of a slowing down of reforms.” The victory of the Russian communists was also commented on yesterday by Albanian politicians. Republican Godo said that “With the victory of the Russian Communist Party, Lenin’s shadow has risen again,” adding that “the West must review its entire strategy with the East.” Socialist Majko, meanwhile, thinks that “Russia has definitively become the worst picture of post-communist radicalist conclusions.” For social-democratic leader Gjinushi, the victory of the Russian Communist Party does not mean a major change, since overall in the countries of the East communist parties show that they have a stable result. Also not overlooked by international politics was the victory of the Social Democrats in Austria in this Sunday’s elections. More on page 3 and 8

It had been filmed by a Polish cameraman A videotape showing the actions of the criminal who killed Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin on 4 November was sold yesterday for 400,000 dollars. According to data from Israeli RTV specialists, this is the most expensive videotape sold to date. Although it concerns an extremely dramatic event, perhaps the most dramatic in the history of the State of Israel, it has great historical value, since it is an event of great documentary value for the media. The recording, which lasts eight minutes, is expected to be broadcast on the second channel of Israeli TV around 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. This videotape was prepared by the photojournalist of Polish origin, the 37-year-old Gershon Slavin[ski?]. The Israeli state authorities have banned its sale, since it will be transferred to the TV archive fund and only it has the right to administer it.

“Integration into the EU will be quite long” From the visit of the Albanian President to Germany page 3

Arbnori: “Parliament supported the Constitutional Court’s decision” Only the issuing of the decision is now expected at the Constitutional Court page 2 Yesterday the Constitutional Court concluded the administration of documentary evidence in the trial concerning the declaration of Zef Brozi’s dismissal as incompatible with the main constitutional provisions. In yesterday’s session, which was also the third in this case, the computer records of the voting in some of the sessions prior to the dismissal of the former President of the Cassation were read out. After that, the President of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Rustem Gjata, announced that the decision would be issued on a day to be announced later.

Abdurrahman Haliti: Let the consequences be borne by those who do not know how to cooperate Macedonia, the chairman of the PPD announces the decision Abdurrahman Haliti: Let the consequences be borne by those who do not know how to cooperate page 5

With this irresponsible parliament, only bad things are expected Interview with Mr. Neritan Ceka, President of PAD

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