TOP STORIES US hails 'step forward' for Russia Poll boost for Russian PM Analysis: Russia's new balance of power MULTIMEDIA "An extraordinary night for the Russian government" - Andrew Harding reports. The BBC's Rob Parsons: "The Kremlin's friends have done well" NEW DUMA
The elections to the lower house of Russia's parliament have given a major boost to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the man he hopes to succeed as president, Boris Yeltsin. BBC News Online looks at how the result has changed Russia's political landscape: FEATURE Sudden rise of the Unity party TALKING POINT Is Putin good for Russia? ELECTION QUOTES "In Russia a revolution has taken place, a peaceful one, but a revolution all the same." Igor Shabdurasulov, aide to President Yeltsin	CRIME ECONOMY CHECHEN CONFLICT BATTLE for PRESIDENT CONTROLLING the MEDIA INTERACTIVE WHO'S WHO INTERACTIVE MAP
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