There is some doubt, generally, about the cohesion of the new OVR bloc.

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They are numbers One and Two, respectively, on the list of candidates of the Fatherland-All Russia (OVR) bloc, expected to do well in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

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That did not seem to fit very well with Mr Primakov's comments, or with the line taken by a third OVR leader, President Shaimiev of Tatarstan, who initially told the federal authorities he did not want any young Tatars to be conscripted to fight in the south.

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