And at least half-a-dozen places, including the senior Lebed's fief of Krasnoyarsk, are imposing price controls.
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The favourite to win is Alexander Uss, a jurist who is the speaker of the regional assembly, having been one of Lebed's sharpest critics.
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Neither is likely to be a social or economic liberal, though Mr Lebed's views on economics swing around and Mr Luzhkov is, above all, a wheeler-dealer.