1.   Reformist government ministers used the press revelations to support their claims that Khasbulatov was building up a power base.

2.   Boris Y. Nemtsov, a reformist deputy prime minister who is close to Kiriyenko, appears likely to be asked to return to the Cabinet.

3.   The reformist prime minister and the old guard in his own party may not see eye-to-eye, but they need each other desperately.

4.   This spring, he turned on his reformist prime minister, Victor Yushchenko, and stood by as Yushchenko was ousted by a vote of no confidence in Parliament.

5.   Yeltsin, back at work after his October heart illness, responds by forcing out Anatoly Chubais, his reformist minister in charge of privatizing the economy.

6.   Over the past year, the vigilantes have attacked dissidents, liberal newspapers and even a reformist Cabinet minister.

7.   Over the past year, the vigilantes have attacked political dissidents, liberal newspaper editors and even a reformist Cabinet minister.

8.   Over the past year, the vigilantes linked to right-wing clerics have attacked dissidents, liberal newspapers and even a reformist Cabinet minister.

9.   Last year he resigned as an adviser to the government of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin when several reformist ministers were ousted.