Third term not ruled out

Moscow - President Boris Yeltsin did not rule out running for a third term in presidential elections in 2000, in a live Internet…

Moscow - President Boris Yeltsin did not rule out running for a third term in presidential elections in 2000, in a live Internet chat yesterday.

"Now I'm in good health . . . As for the presidency, in the year 2000, we still have two years. We'll see," Mr Yeltsin said.

Mr Yeltsin (67) was re-elected in July 1996, but he has had several long absences from the Kremlin due to ill health.

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