YELTSIN REPORTED IMPROVING BUT MUSCOVITES ARE SKEPTICAL.

Presidentialaides and other government officials continue to say that Yeltsin’scondition has improved, despite his unexpected cancellation ofa meeting with Duma leaders, but congenitally suspicious residentsof the Russian capital are not so sure, NTV reported July 16.According to a poll conducted in Moscow July 13-14, 38 percentof all Muscovites felt that they were not being given enough informationto make an informed judgment on the president’s condition, 19percent said they were satisfied with the government reports,and 38 percent said they were not interested in reporting aboutYeltsin’s health.

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