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 .
Boris Yeltsin, the newly elected president of the Russian republic, sat down with 130 legislators today to negotiate the makeup of a coalition government for the largest Soviet republic. Legislators 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 two to three nominations for each ministerial post in the Russian government. He said the candidates would be presented to the full Russian Congress for confirmation starting Thursday.