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To: PaulM who wrote (34022)	5/17/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116764

Russia's Yeltsin Disappears From Public Eye, Kremlin Silent <Picture> By Vladimir Bespalov, Bridge News Moscow--May 17--Russian President Boris Yeltsin has not been seen in public since Thursday. The Kremlin said it had no information yet on Yeltsin's plans for today and this week. The Kremlin also said it did not know where Yeltsin was currently staying. "We do not have any information on Yeltsin's plans for today or this week yet. We also do not know where he is staying now," a Kremlin spokeswoman said. Yeltsin has not been shown on television since last Thursday, when he met with France's President Jacques Chirac. While meeting Chirac, Yeltsin's face looked swelled and he walked rather unsteadily. Saturday, the Kremlin press service said Yeltsin underwent a "regular health check up" and Yeltsin's health was "normal" then. After the check-up he retreated to his Rus residence, 150 km away from Moscow. The Kremlin said Yeltsin met Saturday with Alexander Voloshin, head of the presidential administration, in Rus, but no footage of the meeting was shown. Yeltsin's disappearance is rather unexpected, given the pending Duma's vote on his nominee for prime minister Sergei Stepashin Wednesday. Yeltsin fired Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov May 12 and appointed Stepashin acting prime minister. Yeltsin also survived the Duma impeachment attempt Saturday. The Kremlin said then Yeltsin was closely monitoring the Duma's impeachment debates. He suffered a series of illnesses in October-March and spent weeks in hospital. Bridge News, Tel: +70-95-208-4354 Send comments to Internet address: emerg@bridge.com (c) Copyright 1999 FWN futuresource.com