Relations have been strained ever since. Boris Yeltsin , the new president of the Russian Federation and a leading critic of Mikhail Gorbachev , said Thursday he will try to make peace in his personal feud with the Russian president. 100 days , Yeltsin called for achieving Russian "sovereignty" within 100 days , meaning with this term not independence but autonomy in most internal decisions. Yeltsin also urged the the Russian Federation to allow the other one republics the same autonomy, making the country a federation of states that could overrule the central government on most matters. Yeltsin was accused by a Soviet Congress deputy of overstepping his authority with some of his statements.
Boris Yeltsin , the new president of the Russian Federation and a leading critic of Mikhail Gorbachev , said Thursday he will try to make peace in his personal feud with the Russian president. 100 days , Yeltsin called for achieving Russian "sovereignty" within 100 days , meaning with this term not independence but autonomy in most internal decisions. Yeltsin also urged the the Russian Federation to allow the other one republics the same autonomy, making the country a federation of states that could overrule the central government on most matters. Yeltsin was accused by a Soviet Congress deputy of overstepping his authority with some of his statements.