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So he is now trying to find another ideology. Which is more difficult, much more difficult.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Yevgeny Kiselyov, NTV (Russian Independent Television) News anchor and editor\u003cbr/\u003eRising industrial unrest may force Yeltsin to turn to populist policies to keep key constituencies out of communist hands during the campaign. \u003cbr/\u003eBut his former reforms chief Anatoly Chubais - fired following strong opposition results in parliamentary elections - has warned that financial handouts will bankrupt the country.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, the war in Chechnya smolders on. \u003cbr/\u003eYeltsin gave the order to invade the breakaway republic which resulted in up to 30-thousand deaths and seriously rocked his reputation as a reformer. \u003cbr/\u003ePlans to end the conflict exist only on paper - if they exist at all.\u003cbr/\u003eYet Yeltsin's advisors insist there is no alternative - that for all his faults Yeltsin alone guarantees the ongoing reform of Russia.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (In Russian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"If Yeltsin is in power, then at least the main things - like free enterprise, freedom of the press and free elections - are guaranteed. The rest is just nuances.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Emil Payin, Presidential counsellor\u003cbr/\u003eBut \"nuances\" like the brutal military attack during last month's hostage crisis - lampooned here in a popular satirical puppet show - led to the final divorce of Yeltsin with many of those who brought him to power in 1991.\u003cbr/\u003eAmong them is former prime minister Yegor Gaidar.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's convinced Yeltsin lacks the popular support to defeat communist leader Gennady Zyuganov if it goes to a head-to-head.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We think his chances of being reelected are very limited. As you probably do understand, if it is in the second round Zyuganov against another democratic or moderate candidate, it's the vote against the communists. If it's Zyuganov against Yeltsin, it's the vote against Yeltsin. I'm sorry about it but it's a fact.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Yegor Gaidar, former Russian prime minister\u003cbr/\u003eYeltsin can also expect little support from the younger generation. \u003cbr/\u003eStudents at Moscow University's journalism faculty are clearly disenchanted with the elderly leader.\u003cbr/\u003e\"People say that the communists have lots of chances and our present President Boris Yeltsin has no chances. And that's what people say here too.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Olga Smirnova, Student\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yeltsin cannot be president again because he's too old for it. He just doesn't have health enough. The second election will just kill him.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Viktor Tkachenko, Student\u003cbr/\u003eRumours of Boris Yeltsin's dubious state of health were confirmed last year when he was twice hospitalised with a heart disorder.\u003cbr/\u003eWhether Yeltsin now has the physical - let alone political - strength to see off the communist challenge is an open question. \u003cbr/\u003eWhere he plans to lead Russia after that is another.\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow, recent and file\u003cbr/\u003e1. Yeltsin makes ceremonial entrance into recent Kremlin event\u003cbr/\u003e2. Yeltsin shaking hands at children's Christmas party - 5/1/96\u003cbr/\u003e3. Interior of Christ the Saviour Cathedral - 7/1/96\u003cbr/\u003e4. Yeltsin accompanied by Patriarch Alexei in cathedral\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE Yevgeny Kiselyov\u003cbr/\u003e6. Miners hand in equipment - 1/2/96\u003cbr/\u003e7. Miners leave pit \u003cbr/\u003e8. Helicopter gunship fires rocket - 31/1/96\u003cbr/\u003e9. Helicopter flies over Russian army vehicles \u003cbr/\u003e10. Emil Payin\u003cbr/\u003e11. Kremlin telephone\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE Payin\u003cbr/\u003e13. Footage of \"Kukly\" show on Pervomaiskoye assault\u003cbr/\u003e14. Puppets of Yeltsin and others\u003cbr/\u003e15. Yegor Gaidar\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE Gaidar\u003cbr/\u003e17. Interior of university foyer\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE Female student\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE Male student\u003cbr/\u003e20. Yeltsin being helped up stairs by assistants - Feb/95\u003cbr/\u003e21. 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