Yavlinsky has heart attack

Moscow - Liberal Russian opposition leader, Mr Grigory Yavlinsky (46) of the Yabloko faction, has been hospitalised with a heart…

Moscow - Liberal Russian opposition leader, Mr Grigory Yavlinsky (46) of the Yabloko faction, has been hospitalised with a heart attack, ITARTASS reported yesterday.

Doctors said Mr Yavlinsky's condition was improving and his life was not in imminent danger, the news agency reported.

The opposition leader this month played a key role in to steering the country out of political crisis by proposing Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov's candidacy to lead Russia's cabinet.