61.   They not only lead provincial administrations but also automatically become members of the upper house of the Russian parliament, which in some ways parallels the U.S. Senate.

62.   Unless the Russian parliament ratifies START II, however, the follow-up treaty cannot progress.

63.   When his course proved disastrous, and the Russian parliament and people clearly registered their opposition, he bulled ahead like a Soviet leader, contemptuous of democratic process.

64.   What matters in the Russian parliament is not the share of votes cast for parties but the share of seats.

65.   Yeltsin is waging his own struggle with conservatives in the Russian parliament who are pressing the Russian leader to temper political and economic reforms to ease the hardships.

66.   Yeltsin, by putting Chubais in charge, is likely to create conflicts with the Russian parliament.

67.   Yeltsin made the remarks during an hourlong speech before the Russian parliament.

68.   Yet last February, the new Russian parliament amnestied the plotters, and the only participant who insisted on a trial was acquitted last week.

69.   Opposition parliament speaker Semyon Sharetsky headed for Smolensk to meet with the speakers of the both chambers of the Russian parliament.

70.   President Boris Yeltsin continued to be treated for pneumonia in a government hospital Monday while his Communist foes in the Russian parliament worked on an impeachment motion.