World IN BRIEF / RUSSIA : Yeltsin Denies Role in Financial Scandal

Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin telephoned President Clinton to deny involvement in corruption and to complain that people with “political motivations” in both Russia and the United States were exploiting a widening financial scandal to damage the relationship between the two countries, White House officials said. Yeltsin offered to help the U.S. in its probe of alleged Russian money laundering, the officials added. During the hourlong conversation, the two leaders also discussed arms control and other issues.