Moscow Compromise

Yeltsin and Chernomyrdin's dispute with the Communist-led Duma appears to be headed toward compromise. The opposition backed away from a threatened no-confidence vote Wednesday and issued a call for modest concessions, and Yeltsin said today that he won't be sacking any of his reform-minded ministers.

Yeltsin and Chernomyrdin's dispute with the Communist-led Duma appears to be headed toward compromise. The opposition backed away from a threatened no-confidence vote Wednesday and issued a call for modest concessions, and Yeltsin said today that he won't be sacking any of his reform-minded ministers.