MOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Yegor Gaidar, architect of Russia's market reforms, was released from a Moscow hospital late on Monday where he was taken after collapsing at a conference in Ireland, his spokesman said.

Earlier in the day, Russian doctors, at a loss to explain Gaidar's ailment, held a consultation in order to diagnose him. Spokesman Valery Natarov said information on his condition would be available early on Tuesday.

Gaidar would continue treatment at home.

Gaidar, 50, a former acting prime minister and now an influential academic, was taken to hospital last month shortly after the death in London of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko from radiation poisoning.

Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing him but the Kremlin has denied any link to the death.

But Irish officials say no radiation has been found at sites in Ireland visited by Gaidar.

The Kremlin said last week Putin had telephoned Gaidar to wish him a speedy recovery.

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