31.   They met at Barvikha, a government health resort.

32.   TV footage from Barvikha, a government health resort just outside Moscow, showed a relaxed Yeltsin sitting on a couch.

33.   Until this week, Yeltsin was holding almost daily meetings at the government health resort outside Moscow.

34.   Yeltsin began his vacation Sunday in the government resort of Shuiskaya Chupa in the lake region that borders Finland.

35.   Yeltsin has been in seclusion all week at a government health resort outside Moscow undergoing tests for his upcoming bypass surgery.

36.   Yeltsin spent nearly a month in the hospital before moving to a government resort in the Moscow suburbs to continue his recuperation.

37.   Yeltsin will spend several weeks recuperating at his country home at Barvikha outside Moscow or at the government health resort there before returning to work in the Kremlin.

38.   Yeltsin abruptly left the Kremlin last month for the government health resort of Barvikha, west of Moscow, fueling concerns about his fading health.

39.   Yeltsin has been vacationing since the weekend at the government lakeside resort of Shuiskaya Chupa, near the border with Finland.

40.   Yeltsin is awaiting heart surgery at a government health resort outside Moscow, and his absence has focused attention on the jockeying for power by various political factions.