IF BORIS YELTSIN'S SUPPORTERS HAD DOUBTS ABOUT how to vote in Sunday's four- question referendum, the Kremlin provided the right answers in the right order, using actors and nursery-school kids in catchy TV commercials. More substantively, the embattled Russian President was helped by a Constitutional Court decision allowing him to claim victory if he gets only a simple majority in the national vote of confidence. Not taking chances, Yeltsin's team launched a final, Western-style media blitz, with pop stars rocking for reform in a Kremlin concert and a televised look at his modest apartment.
If he wins, Yeltsin promises to take...
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