MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin, who underwent an operation on a broken thighbone Thursday, is now in a better condition, the chief doctor at the clinic where he is being treated said Friday.
"We have visited him twice today. He is feeling better [and] he can already sit up in bed," Valery Zolotov said.
Since the operation was less than 24 hours ago, there is nothing particular to report yet, he said.
"[His] condition is stable. All indicators are normal," he said.
Zolotov had previously said Yeltsin would remain in the clinic for two weeks.
Yeltsin, 74, broke the bone while vacationing in Italy. He was flown to Moscow in a private aircraft Wednesday after been examined at a local hospital.
