Yeltsin to Convalesce at Health Resort
From Times Wire Reports
Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin was moved to a health resort outside Moscow after two weeks of hospital treatment for a stomach ulcer, the Kremlin press service said. As if to emphasize that he is still in charge in spite of his ailment, Yeltsin reportedly signed a decree to reduce the size of his administration. Presidential spokesman Dmitri D. Yakushkin told NTV television that the administration will soon be cut by one-fifth to one-quarter.
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