(Moscow, November 17, 1997) -- Nikolaj Khramov, coordinator of the Transnational Radical Party in Russia and secretary of the Antimilitarist Radical Association (ARA) has been formally registered today at 17.30 as an independent candidate for the Moscow City Duma in the XXV electoral district. The elections are scheduled for December 14. Since now the official electoral campaign is launched. During the previous month Moscow activists of the ARA and Radical Party collected 1,955 signatures of citizens living in the XXV district in support of Khramov's candidacy. The necessary minimum is 1,716 signatures (1% of voters living in the district).