Boris Yeltsin , the newly elected president of the Russian republic , sat down with 130 legislators today to negotiate the formation of a new government for the largest Soviet republic . He said that he opened the meeting in a businesslike fashion and set only one limit , asking that one of his deputies be a woman . Representatives of each political faction and each ethnic region in the Russian Federation were present . Yeltsin asked for up to three nominations for each ministerial post in the Russian government . It was not clear how such a system would lead to the delicate balance of political forces and personalities typical of a coalition government in the West. He said the candidates would be presented to the full Russian Congress for consideration starting Thursday .
Boris Yeltsin , the newly elected president of the Russian republic , sat down with 130 legislators today to negotiate the formation of a new government for the largest Soviet republic . He said that he opened the meeting in a businesslike fashion and set only one limit , asking that one of his deputies be a woman . Representatives of each political faction and each ethnic region in the Russian Federation were present . Yeltsin asked for up to three nominations for each ministerial post in the Russian government . He said the candidates would be presented to the full Russian Congress for consideration starting Thursday .