While Presidential Chief of Staff Anatolii Chubais seems best placed to control Russia during President Boris Yeltsin’s illness, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and Security Council Secretary Aleksandr Lebed are positioning themselves for the possibility of an early presidential election.
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