Yeltsin defended in wake of rouble crisis
Saturday 22 August 1998 23:02 BST
CommentsThe speaker of Russia's upper house rallied behind President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko, dismissing opposition calls for them to resign over the country's financial crisis.
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