GETTING MOSCOW ON THE MOVE

The manner of President Boris Yeltsin's return to work after heart sur gery has once again raised the question of who will succeed him. Short y after welcoming Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany to a chill Moscow, he was readmitted to hospital with pneumonia. The potential candidate s to take over must ready themselves for several possible eventualitie s. If Yeltsin were to die, then obviously there would be an immediate crisis. If he were to have a serious relapse, that, too, would intensi fy rivalries. Even if Yeltsin regains some of his former vigour and ca rries on to the end of his term, according to the constitution he will not be eligible for re-election in July 2000. This means that there w ill be a progressive acceleration of the succession struggle.