RUSSIA: YELTSIN TO REMAIN IN HOSPITAL FOR ANOTHER WEEK
(1 Mar 1999) Eng/Russ/Nat Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to remain in hospital for up to a week - once again raising questions from opponents about h...
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to remain in hospital for up to a week - once again raising questions from opponents about his ability to govern.
The 68-year-old leader was readmitted to Moscow's elite Central Clinical Hospital on Saturday with a recurring ulcer aliment.
This new bout of bad health has also triggered concern about how the pace of reforms in Russia will be affected.
Boris Yeltsin can plan on another week in the hospital.
His bleeding ulcer landed him back there over the weekend.
And while Kremlin doctors say the Russian president is recovering nicely, they want him to stay put for six or seven days.
Of course, that doesn't mean it will happen: Yeltsin has a history of ignoring his doctors' advice.
Yeltsin's bleeding ulcer had him hospitalised for two weeks last month.
His return to the clinic this weekend came just days after his spokesman announced he was fully recovered.
Despite his illness, the president reportedly told Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to go ahead on Saturday with a planned 10-day holiday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
It's thought that both believe Russia is stable enough politically, even if the economy is in bad shape.
Many observers believe Primakov has practically run the country during Yeltsin's
frequent absences from the Kremlin.
In Moscow, political reaction to the Kremlin chief's latest bout of illness was predictable.
Boris Berezovsky, a controversial millionaire with rumoured influence behind the scenes of Russian politics, told reporters he was sure Yeltsin's health would hold out.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"The president's health is a significant fact in making any prognosis. I think the president will remain in office for his constitutional term...presidential elections will take place in the year 2000."
SUPER CAPTION: Boris Berezovsky, Business tycoon
One of the main rivals to succeed Yeltsin, communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, doubts Yeltsin will hold out until the year 2000.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"As soon as I heard Mr Yeltsin had promised someone he would stay in office until the year 2000.....I doubted it, because everyone he's made promises to has been sacked".
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, Communist leader
Echo Moscow, the city's popular radio station, held one of its regular news conferences on Monday to discuss the economy.
Its guest interviewee was Michael Carter, a top official from the World Bank.
Yeltsin had been expected to make his annual state-of-the-nation address in mid-March, and the economy was tipped to feature prominently.
The speech is still in the works but it is unclear when he will make it.
Michael Carter was concerned about how Boris Yeltsin's illness would affect the pace of economic reforms in Russia.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Obviously the critical issue is going to be whether agreed reforms are actually carried out" (Russian translation follows off camera)
"And clearly, we are going to watch carefully, and clearly the domestic political situation can have an impact on the pace of reform."
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Carter, World Bank official
Yeltsin broke off his rehabilitation last month to attend the funeral of Jordan's King Hussein.
It was his first foreign trip since he visibly stumbled during a ceremony in Uzbekistan last October.
Doctors are reported as saying the eight hour flight to Jordan caused his relapse.
Yeltsin is also accused of failing to stick to a diet which might have cured the ulcer.
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin is to remain in hospital for up to a week - once again raising questions from opponents about his ability to govern.
The 68-year-old leader was readmitted to Moscow's elite Central Clinical Hospital on Saturday with a recurring ulcer aliment.
This new bout of bad health has also triggered concern about how the pace of reforms in Russia will be affected.
Boris Yeltsin can plan on another week in the hospital.
His bleeding ulcer landed him back there over the weekend.
And while Kremlin doctors say the Russian president is recovering nicely, they want him to stay put for six or seven days.
Of course, that doesn't mean it will happen: Yeltsin has a history of ignoring his doctors' advice.
Yeltsin's bleeding ulcer had him hospitalised for two weeks last month.
His return to the clinic this weekend came just days after his spokesman announced he was fully recovered.
Despite his illness, the president reportedly told Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to go ahead on Saturday with a planned 10-day holiday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
It's thought that both believe Russia is stable enough politically, even if the economy is in bad shape.
Many observers believe Primakov has practically run the country during Yeltsin's
frequent absences from the Kremlin.
In Moscow, political reaction to the Kremlin chief's latest bout of illness was predictable.
Boris Berezovsky, a controversial millionaire with rumoured influence behind the scenes of Russian politics, told reporters he was sure Yeltsin's health would hold out.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"The president's health is a significant fact in making any prognosis. I think the president will remain in office for his constitutional term...presidential elections will take place in the year 2000."
SUPER CAPTION: Boris Berezovsky, Business tycoon
One of the main rivals to succeed Yeltsin, communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, doubts Yeltsin will hold out until the year 2000.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"As soon as I heard Mr Yeltsin had promised someone he would stay in office until the year 2000.....I doubted it, because everyone he's made promises to has been sacked".
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, Communist leader
Echo Moscow, the city's popular radio station, held one of its regular news conferences on Monday to discuss the economy.
Its guest interviewee was Michael Carter, a top official from the World Bank.
Yeltsin had been expected to make his annual state-of-the-nation address in mid-March, and the economy was tipped to feature prominently.
The speech is still in the works but it is unclear when he will make it.
Michael Carter was concerned about how Boris Yeltsin's illness would affect the pace of economic reforms in Russia.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Obviously the critical issue is going to be whether agreed reforms are actually carried out" (Russian translation follows off camera)
"And clearly, we are going to watch carefully, and clearly the domestic political situation can have an impact on the pace of reform."
SUPER CAPTION: Michael Carter, World Bank official
Yeltsin broke off his rehabilitation last month to attend the funeral of Jordan's King Hussein.
It was his first foreign trip since he visibly stumbled during a ceremony in Uzbekistan last October.
Doctors are reported as saying the eight hour flight to Jordan caused his relapse.
Yeltsin is also accused of failing to stick to a diet which might have cured the ulcer.
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