YELTSIN TO LEAVE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK.

President Boris Yeltsin’s spokesman has said that the Russian leader will leave the hospital early this week, but declined to give a precise date. (UPI, January 17) A Moscow radio station said Yeltsin wanted to make his planned visit to the Netherlands early in February, despite his doctors’ advice, but is unlikely to be well enough. (Ekho Moskvy, January 17)

Businessman Killed in Moscow Blast.