11.   Galina Starovoitova of the reformist party Democratic Russia was attacked in an apartment building in St. Petersburg along with her aide, the Interfax news agency reported.

12.   His pro-Western reformist party, the Union of Democratic Forces, won the elections and has been in power two years.

13.   His Yabloko party has the highest rating among reformist parties.

14.   Iliescu and his party used to be heavily favored by state television during their seven years in power that ended last November with election victories of reformist parties.

15.   In her only two previous public appearances since the elections, Megawati declined to discuss plans to form a governing majority with other reformist parties.

16.   In her public appearances since the elections, Megawati declined to discuss plans to form a governing majority with other reformist parties.

17.   Ingrid Betancourt, the candidate for a small reformist party, was kidnapped by guerrillas in February, but remains on the ballot.

18.   Later Saturday, Putin also talked with Grigory Yavlinsky, the head of the largest reformist party in the Duma, Yabloko.

19.   Major parties were threatening to boycott the December parliamentary elections to protest a ban on a prominent reformist party.

20.   Markidonov was an economist and member of the reformist Stable Russia party.