Albert Krylov, a 36-year-old doctor, said Yeltsin should have made his speech two weeks ago.
"It is impossible to make a complex operation without blood and pain -- that is clear," Krylov said. "But the president himself should tell people, no matter how ill he is."
Surik Mkrtchan, 32, a kiosk operator at Savelovsky station, said he was very glad to hear that the president had decided to stop bombing Grozny.
"If it true, it is great. I have many friends there," he added.
"The speech was not too bad," said Vladimir Livanov, 27. "The president showed everybody that he controlled the situation and that he was not isolated ... as some newspapers hastily reported."
Pavel Yeliseyev, 73, a pensioner, said that the invasion seemed to be "absurd."
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