Yeltsin hints at action

President Boris Yeltsin has hinted that he might personally intervene in resolving the impasse in Moscow8217;s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund IMF on the release of fresh credit to Russia.

Earlier, the president had unceremoniously dismissed the executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS Boris Berezovsky, who had been blaming a senior minister of Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov8217;s cabinet of creating hurdles in obtaining new credits.

Two senior members of the Primakov ministry, first deputy premier Yuri Maslyukov and Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov, whose imminent dismissal from the cabinet was the talk of the town for the last few days, rushed to Sochi yesterday to hold discussions with Primakov, now holidaying at the Crimean Sea resort.