21.   Monday will be his last day to campaign before the presidential runoff against Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov.

22.   Monday was the last campaign day before the crucial presidential runoff against Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov.

23.   Natan Sharansky, who spent nine years in Soviet prisons, said Thursday he hoped Boris Yeltsin would defeat his Communist challenger in weekend elections in Russia.

24.   Neither Yeltsin nor his Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, have publicly proposed such a deal and neither appears in a mood to compromise.

25.   Polls released Sunday gave President Boris Yeltsin a solid lead over his Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov ahead of the presidential runoff two days away.

26.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin derided his Communist presidential challenger Monday and said market reforms will prevail in Russia.

27.   Recent polls indicate that Yeltsin has managed to reverse the trend and is now leading the race after weeks of trailing behind his Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov.

28.   That backfired when the president broke off the talks and proved able to easily defeat Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov without his help.

29.   The Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, is trailing behind Yeltsin in the polls after enjoying a solid lead for weeks.

30.   The announcement came just one day ahead of the crucial presidential runoff between Yeltsin and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov.