Excerpts from report by Russian news agency Interfax

Moscow, 4th January: Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Sunday [4th January] arrived at his residence on Valday [Island], where he is planning to spend a holiday, Interfax has been told at the presidential press service. According to the spokesman, the president intends to stay on Valday for two weeks.

The residence of Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Valday is situated 16 km from the town of Valday on Uzhin Lake (about 300 km northwest of Moscow), Interfax was told on Sunday at the press service of Novgorod Region's administration...

The government residence is near the village of Dolgiye Borody. In Soviet times it was intended for top state officials...

The government dacha where Boris Yeltsin will be spending his holiday, is in direct proximity to the Valday nature reserve, whose forests have lynxes, boars, wolves, elks, bears, squirrels and even raccoon.

Source: Interfax news agency, Moscow, in Russian 1135 gmt 4 Jan 98

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