1.   Torgyan claimed that there was division between the unified membership and leadership and individual officials, and that the parliamentary faction risked splitting in two over the issue.

2.   Barak was also courting other parliamentary factions.

3.   A majority of parliamentary factions endorsed a plan to shift from a complex two-step electoral formula to a new system of direct presidential elections.

4.   Even the parliamentary faction of Our Home Is Russia party, led by Prime Minister Chernomyrdin, is recommending rejection.

5.   Even the parliamentary faction of Our Home Is Russia party, led by Chernomyrdin, is recommending rejection.

6.   Free Democrats, until now the largest party, are likely to become the second largest parliamentary faction.

7.   Members of another parliamentary faction that had participated in the walkout last week, so-called regional deputies led by Oleg Morozov, returned to their seats earlier this week.

8.   Party leader Gennady Zyuganov now heads both the Communist Party and its parliamentary faction.

9.   As during the five previous attempts, several parliamentary factions refused to take part, and the vote count was too low to be valid.

10.   At a meeting of parliamentary faction leaders Thursday, Zhirinovsky said he would apologize to Duma deputies on Friday for his behavior, according to Interfax.