08/21/1998 11:11:55 Duma recommends Yeltsin quit over crisis

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The State Duma, Russia's lower

house of parliament, on Friday passed a resolution calling for

President Boris Yeltsin to quit over an acute economic crisis.

A total of 248 deputies voted for the resolution, which is

a non-binding recommendation and is likely to be dismissed by

the Kremlin. Thirty-two deputies voted against it.