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(21 Nov 1995) T/I: 10:40:34 In the run-up to Russia's parliamentary elections in December, politicians are displaying "skills" more often associated with western democracies, especially the United States. "Mudslinging," for example, is now common - as are straightforward insults. The head of the Party of Economic Freedom, businessman Konstantin Borovoi, was last week reprimanded by a special media court for his televised commercial called "Kostya Borovoi's Chastushki." The chastushki, a rhyming folk song often earthy or off-colour, contained quite unflattering references to Borovoi's main competitor, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. In his commercials, the head of the Forward Russia movement, Boris Fyodorov, calls his competitors "liars" and "incompetents." In a third instance, the Forward Russia Party referred to Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov in a large billboard reading "Fifty million victims of the civil war, collectivisation and repression would not vote for Zyuganov. Zyuganov believes voters are more likely to accept what he calls "the civilised and non-hysterical campaign of the Russian communists." SHOWS: MOSCOW, RUSSIA RECENT: 15/11: Konstantin Borovoy's televised chastushki spot on Russian television (the chastushki, a rhyming folk song, often earthy or off-colour, contained quite unflattering references to Borovoi's main competitor - Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin) Borovoy singing a chastuski Borovoy addressing electorate 17/11: Leninski Prospect with billboard CU anti-Communist billboard: "Fifty million victims of the civil war, collectivisation and repression would not vote for Zuganov" Boris Fyodorov SOT (in Russian) about a need to fight with those who cheat ordinary people, and hide old Communist background 20/11: Exterior Carnegie centre GVs of Moscow Times, English language newspaper, with headline: "POLITICAL MUDSLINGING" Irina Kobrinskaya, Carnegie Centre analyst, SOT (in English): "So many dirty things were disclosed about Russian Duma deputies and politicians that people would not bother about some funny television ads." Cutaways of Carnegie centre workers Gennady Zyuganov SOT (in Russian) saying his party is running a civilised and non-hysterical campaign and that his young deputies have nothing to do with old-style Soviet dictatorship CU Communist poster 2.18 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...