YELTSIN LEAVES MOSCOW FOR TWO-DAY BREAK.

President Yeltsin has left Moscow to spend two days in the city of Valdai, about 350 km (220 miles) northwest of the capital, Yeltsin’s press spokesman revealed on August 20. Yeltsin in expected back in Moscow later in the week for scheduled meetings with government ministers but, if Valdai proves suitable, he may return there to spend his planned vacation. (Itar-Tass, Reuters, August 20)

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