GOVERNMENT REFERS TO DUMA'S NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE PLANS AS POLITICAL GAMES








MOSCOW, MARCH 11, 2001. /RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT/. The Russian government believes that certain Duma factions' plans to vote no-confidence in the Cabinet of Ministers can be treated as political games, said the government's information department Chief Andrey Korotkov.


	"We can hardly be completely indifferent to this bargaining but, on the other hand, it does not tell on the work of the government at all," said Korotkov.


	The no-confidence vote was initiated by the Communist Party of Russia accusing the government of pursuing an ineffective economic policy. Still, the political situation in the country has been undermined by the position of the pro-Kremlin Unity faction which has announced its likelihood of supporting no-confidence vote in order to see parliament dispersed and pre-term elections staged.