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He speaks to his own party organisers. That's a good tactic if you're running for parliament because if gets out your own activists. But it doesn't get out new votes for the Communist Party. And that I think is a tactic that has really gone wrong.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Michael McFaul, Analyst, Carnegie Endowment,\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow \u003cbr/\u003eThe Communists blame the media for their dwindling fortunes. \u003cbr/\u003eBlanket coverage of Yeltsin's day starts off every news bulletin. \u003cbr/\u003eZyuganov rarely gets a mention - and then often it is only to compare him to Hitler or Stalin.\u003cbr/\u003eYet analysts aren't convinced that television coverage has played such a key role.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English)\u003cbr/\u003eZyuganov's electorate is very committed and I don't think that kind of electorate will be affected strongly - or at all, for that matter - by what the media has to say.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Viktor Linnik, Former \"Pravda\" New York bureau\u003cbr/\u003echief and media analyst \u003cbr/\u003eEcstatic pensioners greet Zyuganov wherever he travels. \u003cbr/\u003eEfforts to win the passions of other voters, however, have failed miserably.\u003cbr/\u003eEven this rare display of high-spirits looked staged. \u003cbr/\u003eWhen it comes to campaign antics, Yeltsin simply does it better.\u003cbr/\u003eFor a man who last year seemed close to death with a chronic heart disorder, Yeltsin's exuberant campaign style may have won the hearts of the undecided.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Russian)\u003cbr/\u003eOf course it played a role. I value him even more now. He has proved that not only can he drink, but he can also get things done.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Nina Vasilyeva, Pensioner  \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Russian)\u003cbr/\u003eHe just made some clever moves during the campaign and that's why he's winning percentage points. It's as simple as that.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Yuri Valentinov, Publishing Executive \u003cbr/\u003eAn added advantage, Yeltsin is also the man controlling Russia's purse strings. \u003cbr/\u003eAdded to a last minute peace deal in Chechnya, Yeltsin's bonanza of election promises and one-off payments hasn't hurt his chances at all. \u003cbr/\u003eThis woman miner's bear hug with Boris produced an apartment and automobile.\u003cbr/\u003eVintage Yeltsin, say the analysts. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003eBoris Yeltsin is an experienced campaigner. He's run many campaigns and been very successful. He is at his best when he is before the people, when he's travelling, when he's handing out goodies because he's the president. And that's what he's done. Unlike the last two years when he was not really acting as an active president, in the last few months you've seen a Boris Yeltsin more like the Boris Yeltsin of 1990-1991.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Michael McFaul, Analyst, Carnegie Endowment,\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow \u003cbr/\u003eThe Yeltsin road show seems to have been a smash hit. \u003cbr/\u003eHis gift for improvisation - his salvation in the past - looks to have won him an excellent chance of reelection.\u003cbr/\u003eWith opinion polls showing his lead growing, Yeltsin has every reason to be dancing all the way to the ballot box.\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow, Kazan, Krasnodar, Archangelsk, Vorkuta, Rostov-on-Don. Shot 21 May to 10 June 1996.\u003cbr/\u003e1. Majorettes marching onto stage Moscow - 8 June \u003cbr/\u003e2. WS majorette display\u003cbr/\u003e3. WS Zyuganov presented with flowers by admirer\u003cbr/\u003e4. WS supporters in auditorium waving flag\u003cbr/\u003e5. WS Yeltsin and wife Naina get off plane in Kazan - 9 June \u003cbr/\u003e6. CU Yeltsin grins\u003cbr/\u003e7. WS Yeltsin waves at crowd at rock concert\u003cbr/\u003e8. WS crowd at rock concert \u003cbr/\u003e9. Zyuganov looks out of train window pensively - 21 May \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) McFaul - 9 June \u003cbr/\u003e11. Various Russian news broadcasts of Yeltsin campaign - 10  June \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Linnik - 9 June \u003cbr/\u003e13. WS pensioners scream for Zyuganov in Krasnodar - 29 May \u003cbr/\u003e14. Zyuganov dancing with locals\u003cbr/\u003e15. Yeltsin dances in Archangelsk - 25 May\u003cbr/\u003e16. WS Yeltsin on wooden swing\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vox pop  Moscow  - 10 June  \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vox pop  Moscow  - 10 June \u003cbr/\u003e19. WS Yeltsin down a mine in Vorkuta  - 25 May \u003cbr/\u003e20. CU Yeltsin in lift descending shaft\u003cbr/\u003e21. Yeltsin embraces woman miner\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) McFaul\u003cbr/\u003e23. Yeltsin dancing at concert, Rostov-on-Don 10 June \u003cbr/\u003e24. Cutaway crowd\u003cbr/\u003e25. 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