Russian President Boris Yeltsin underwent further treatment for his heart disease Monday and issued a number of decrees from his hospital room.
Yeltsin, 64, was admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital Tuesday for what was described as "acute" heart pain. Aides initially said he would be hospitalized only one week but then announced Friday that he would stay an additional week.They said the longer stay did not reflect a worsening of Yeltsin's condition and that doctors only wanted to reduce his stress.
In a statement sent to news agencies Monday, presidential spokesman Sergei Medvedev did not indicate when Yeltsin would be released.
"Specialists believe that the patient must continue to undergo scheduled treatment in a hospital environment, where he has everything necessary for his work," he said. "The president continued to work over the weekend."
Yeltsin signed a number of documents, including one further opening Russia's airspace to international flights and another ordering the government to help farmers harvest their crops.
He signed a decree Monday ordering the government to set up a body to inspect bread production.
Symptoms described by the Kremlin indicate he probably has a form of heart disease called unstable angina, in which narrowing of arteries diminishes the blood supply to the heart.
Few people have seen the president since he was hospitalized, not even Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who would take over if Yeltsin dies or is incapacitated. There have been no independent reports on his condition or statements from his doctors.