Yeltsin Recuperating, Press Spokesman Says

Boris Yeltsin is steadily recuperating from a heart ailment and now takes several outdoor walks a day, his press spokesman said Friday.

Yeltsin, 64, was hospitalized on Oct. 26 with acute ischemia, a condition restricting blood flow to the heart. It was his second hospitalization this year.

He left the hospital on Monday to continue his recovery at a sanitarium outside Moscow.

On Thursday, an energetic Yeltsin appeared on television to comment on the government’s new monetary policy. It was his fourth television appearance since he was hospitalized.