1.   Boris Nemtsov, the reformist governor of Nizhny Novgorod, called on Yeltsin to pull out of Chechnya to minimize the political losses.

2.   Earlier this week, national television showed Zhirinovsky throwing a glass of orange drink in the face of a prominent reformist governor.

3.   Earlier this week, Zhirinovsky threw a glass of orange drink in the face of a prominent reformist governor on national television.

4.   Konstantin Titov, a presidential candidate and the reformist governor of the Russian region of Samara, welcomed the idea of joining NATO.

5.   Nemtsov first became popular as the reformist governor of the Volga River region of Nizhny Novgorod.

6.   Nemtsov was the reformist governor of Nizhny Novgorod until last year, when President Boris Yeltsin made him first deputy premier with a mandate to speed up economic reforms.

7.   Boris Nemtsov, reformist governor of Nizhny Novgorod and a deputy in the upper house, the Federation Council, said the hall was divided.

8.   Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, the charismatic reformist governor of Nizhny Novgorod region, were appointed first deputy prime ministers earlier this month in a major government reshuffle.