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Israel Weighs Nuclear Option Yeltsin Warns of 'World War' TIME Online Special: Back to the Brink...
...Yeltsin's Fuzziest Home Videos The Russian goverment swears Yeltsin's healthy as a, well, Russian bear, and they're releasing the video to prove it. But the suspiciously fuzzy shots fuel suspicion that all is not well...
MOSCOW: Perceptions are as important as reality in Russia's volatile politics. Which is probably why video images of President Boris Yeltsin riding a snowmobile and chatting about fishing were released yesterday by the Kremlin...
...Yeltsin hasn't been seen in public since December, when it was announced that he'd caught a cold. Although aides promise he'll return to work next week, a number of state visits have been canceled and his state-of-the-nation address was postponed by a month. "That means he's not able to stand and read from a TelePrompTer for 45 minutes," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "But he's been known to bounce back with alacrity...
...Either way, expect more home videos from the Kremlin: "He was shown on TV today meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nemtsov," says Meier, "but they were filmed from a great distance." The wide-angle, of course, would avoid the perception created by yesterday's video among some Muscovites that Yeltsin was unable to recognize his wife and daughter...