Soviet Factory Puts the Brakes on Armored Limos for Yeltsin

MOSCOW — A state-owned auto plant rejected an order from the Russian Federation for armored limousines for Boris N. Yeltsin and Russian Premier Ivan S. Silayev, an official said Tuesday.

Ruslan Khasbulatov, vice president of the republic, told the parliament that the order for four limousines was rejected by the Gorky automotive works and the Soviet automobile industry minister because permission of the KGB security agency had not been granted for building the cars.

Yeltsin, the populist who is the effective president of the Russian republic as chairman of its parliament, previously rejected the idea of riding in a special limousine. However, the republic ordered the cars for him and Silayev after Yeltsin was injured in a traffic accident last month.