Russia: Zyuganov Boosts Campaign Amid Slipping Support π·πΊ
Gennady Zyuganov intensifies his election efforts as support declines ahead of Russia's presidential vote, with less than three weeks remaining.
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Support seems to be slipping for Gennady Zyuganov in Russia's presidential election campaign.
With under three weeks left till election day, some opinion polls have the Communist candidate 10 points behind President Boris Yeltsin.
Zyuganov has now stepped up his election campaign - sweeping through four cities in mid-Russia this week - in a bid to turn things round.
It is deep in the Russian heartland that Zyuganov finds most support.
For the moment, Gennady Zyuganov travels by the overnight sleeper train.
Less comfortable perhaps than Boris Yeltsin's presidential plane, but more fitting for a man who likes to portray the simpler image.
His campaign trip to Bryansk was almost a home coming - Zyuganov was born in a village only 100 kilometres or so away.
The people of Bryansk gave the Communist candidate a warm welcome as he entered the town hall.
In his speech, he attacked Boris Yeltsin, claiming the president had brought Russian industry to its knees.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"It's clear to everyone that they are destroying those industries which were capable of competing, from the space industry to machine-building and agriculture. If we can recognise this, we must take a decision in response. And that decision must be taken now."
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, candidate in Russian elections
Loudspeakers enabled crowds outside the hall to listen to his speech.
Like much of the rest of middle Russia, Bryansk has suffered severe industrial decline.
The town's factories stand idle and those that do work have not been paid for many months.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"My grandchildren ask for sweets but they are very expensive, I've nothing to buy them with. Our children are hungry, my son is out of work and I have to feed six people on my small pension."
SUPER CAPTION: Lyuba Kerimova, pensioner
It was not just the pensioners who came to listen.
Nineteen-year-old Svetlana has to look after a husband and baby on a monthly income of 12 dollars.
She believes that Zyuganov can give her a better life
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"We don't know if he will win or not but everyone wants to live well. Our future is growing up, we want there to be peace and order in the country, to work and earn a living to bring up our children. We believe in candidates like him."
SUPER CAPTION: Svetlana Borisova, young woman
It's not difficult to understand why Zyuganov is so popular in the Russian heartland.
The region, capable of feeding the rest of the country, is barely able to feed itself.
Zuganov's home village of Mymrino is in chaos.
The collective farm system has broken down and equipment lies rusting in the fields.
Galina Solodukhina lives in Zyuganov's old house.
She says that not a single person in Mymrino will vote for Yeltsin.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"The whole countryside will vote for Zyuganov. Because we are beggars. Yeltsin has completely abandoned the countryside. We don't receive anything and there's no work. We plant our seeds, but there's nowhere to send our men to work. What kind of a life is that?"
SUPER CAPTION: Galina Solodukhina, old woman
In the Russian countryside, Zyuganov knows he may have won the battle for the rural vote.
But time is fast running out for him to convince the rest of the nation that he is the better man for the job.
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Support seems to be slipping for Gennady Zyuganov in Russia's presidential election campaign.
With under three weeks left till election day, some opinion polls have the Communist candidate 10 points behind President Boris Yeltsin.
Zyuganov has now stepped up his election campaign - sweeping through four cities in mid-Russia this week - in a bid to turn things round.
It is deep in the Russian heartland that Zyuganov finds most support.
For the moment, Gennady Zyuganov travels by the overnight sleeper train.
Less comfortable perhaps than Boris Yeltsin's presidential plane, but more fitting for a man who likes to portray the simpler image.
His campaign trip to Bryansk was almost a home coming - Zyuganov was born in a village only 100 kilometres or so away.
The people of Bryansk gave the Communist candidate a warm welcome as he entered the town hall.
In his speech, he attacked Boris Yeltsin, claiming the president had brought Russian industry to its knees.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"It's clear to everyone that they are destroying those industries which were capable of competing, from the space industry to machine-building and agriculture. If we can recognise this, we must take a decision in response. And that decision must be taken now."
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, candidate in Russian elections
Loudspeakers enabled crowds outside the hall to listen to his speech.
Like much of the rest of middle Russia, Bryansk has suffered severe industrial decline.
The town's factories stand idle and those that do work have not been paid for many months.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"My grandchildren ask for sweets but they are very expensive, I've nothing to buy them with. Our children are hungry, my son is out of work and I have to feed six people on my small pension."
SUPER CAPTION: Lyuba Kerimova, pensioner
It was not just the pensioners who came to listen.
Nineteen-year-old Svetlana has to look after a husband and baby on a monthly income of 12 dollars.
She believes that Zyuganov can give her a better life
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"We don't know if he will win or not but everyone wants to live well. Our future is growing up, we want there to be peace and order in the country, to work and earn a living to bring up our children. We believe in candidates like him."
SUPER CAPTION: Svetlana Borisova, young woman
It's not difficult to understand why Zyuganov is so popular in the Russian heartland.
The region, capable of feeding the rest of the country, is barely able to feed itself.
Zuganov's home village of Mymrino is in chaos.
The collective farm system has broken down and equipment lies rusting in the fields.
Galina Solodukhina lives in Zyuganov's old house.
She says that not a single person in Mymrino will vote for Yeltsin.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"The whole countryside will vote for Zyuganov. Because we are beggars. Yeltsin has completely abandoned the countryside. We don't receive anything and there's no work. We plant our seeds, but there's nowhere to send our men to work. What kind of a life is that?"
SUPER CAPTION: Galina Solodukhina, old woman
In the Russian countryside, Zyuganov knows he may have won the battle for the rural vote.
But time is fast running out for him to convince the rest of the nation that he is the better man for the job.
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