MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - First Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who underwent surgery for a hip fracture last week, will have sutures removed Monday, Valery Zolotov, chief physician at the Kremlin hospital, said Friday.
Yeltsin is expected to be discharged from the hospital early next week.
Zolotov said the former president was in "quite a satisfactory condition" and in "good spirits."
The doctor said Yeltsin was exercising and could walk with the help of crutches several times a day.
Yeltsin broke his hip while on vacation in Italy September 7.
