A government spokeswoman said Yegorov, who is Nationalities Minister and deputy prime minister, has pneumonia. The Segodnya newspaper quoted his doctor Saturday as saying that the minister would not be able to resume work for at least another three weeks.
Yegorov, 43, formerly governor of the Krasnodar region, was put in charge of Chechen policy at the beginning of November. He stood out as one of the hawks pushing for a military intervention.
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