Fails to get off plane during stopover in Ireland for meeting with Irish prime minister. Later, says he overslept. Needs help to walk at summit in Kazakstan. Recuperates for two weeks at Barvikha health resort outside Moscow. Aides release old photo of him at work.
Aides cite exhaustion following U.S. summit.
Aides cite a sore throat, his wife blames a cold. It proves to be heart trouble. Appears frail, slurs his words at inauguration ceremony. Dr. Renat Akchurin, the doctor performing Yeltsin's heart bypass surgery, says the president had a heart attack in late June or early July. Undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery at the Moscow Cardiological Center.