Boris on Board

Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov said Tuesday that Yeltsin had backed his plans -- as yet, largely unspecified to the public -- to pull Russia out of economic crisis, and he promised to complete his new government lineup in two days. Primakov said he would make paying back wages and pensions a priority. And despite speculation that he will need to print money to do so, he vowed not to allow the return of hyperinflation.

Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov said Tuesday that Yeltsin had backed his plans -- as yet, largely unspecified to the public -- to pull Russia out of economic crisis, and he promised to complete his new government lineup in two days. Primakov said he would make paying back wages and pensions a priority. And despite speculation that he will need to print money to do so, he vowed not to allow the return of hyperinflation.