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...Valeri Matashenko used to be a waiter at a state-owned restaurant in Moscow. Now he sells ice cream and loads delivery trucks on the streets of the capital. Matashenko, 38, concedes that his present occupation may lack prestige, but it enables him to earn enough for his family. It has also instilled in him a fundamental respect for free enterprise, reflected in his choice of candidates. "I'm for Yavlinsky," he declares. "He is more radical, and I think he can do what he says about the economy. Yeltsin has a reputation that's not good...