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To: SOROS who wrote (696)	10/27/1998 2:17:00 PM
From: SOROS	of 1151

BBC - London - 10/27/98 Boris Yeltsin sends Yevgeny Primakov to Vienna in his place Boris Yeltsin has checked into a sanatorium near Moscow as speculation continues over his ability to function as Russian president. A Kremlin spokesman announced he had gone to the Barvikha sanatorium to recuperate, a day after doctors ordered him to cancel a trip to the European Union summit in Austria because of "unstable blood pressure" and extreme fatigue. The renewed health scare has coincided with the crucial summit at which Russia is due to present plans to pull the country out of its economic crisis. Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov is standing in for the Russian president. Mr Primakov will have talks with the Austrian Chancellor, Viktor Klima, who is the current head of the European Union and the president of the EU Commission, Jacques Santer. Deja-vu Mr Yakushkin said the Russian president will undergo "a recuperation course" at the sanatorium, which he has visited in the past. He spent time there following multiple heart bypass surgery in 1996. The Kremlin spokesman earlier announced Mr Yeltsin had developed "asthenia" - a condition involving physical and psychological exhaustion. "[The doctors] were unanimous about cancelling the trip," Mr Yakushkin was quoted as saying. Yeltsin era 'over' At the weekend, Mr Yeltsin's spokesman insisted his condition was normal for a man of his age and the president was fed up with the rumours about his health. But Russian opposition forces, who this autumn have intensified their calls for Mr Yeltsin to step down, pounced on the latest opportunity. Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said: "The Yeltsin era is over. We should speak of it less and less. "We cannot look at him without being shocked. The best thing for Russia would be that Mr Yeltsin stands down, but he does not have the will to do that." Another Communist, Vitkor Ilyukhin, said: "Mr Yeltsin can only hold a conversation for a few minutes, then his speech becomes confused and he repeats himself." Mr Yeltsin has rarely been seen since the start of Russia's financial crash in late August. The BBC's correspondent in Moscow, Robert Parsons, says that to all intents and purposes the government of the country has passed into the hands of Mr Primakov. Mr Yeltsin was forced to cut short a trip to Central Asia earlier this month because of what the Kremlin called a respiratory infection. Last week Mr Yelstin's doctors said he had recovered, but he has not yet returned to work at the Kremlin full time.

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