YELTSIN URGED TO BEGIN TRANSFER OF POWER.

Yeltsin’s healthproblems suggest that he will not be able to run for reelection,and therefore should begin to transfer power now while he can,Moscow’s Obshchaya gazeta urged in its July 20-26 issue."In Russia, a boss whose subordinates find out that he isgoing to leave them immediately ceases to be a boss. All the lackeysat once start being rude to him, telling him lies and playingdirty tricks on him; everybody disobeys his orders; his tablestops being dusted and he is no longer told the good news,"the paper said. And it added that in Russia today, this situationcould lead to conflicts between the president and the parliament"not excluding the shedding of a limited amount of blood."

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