WORLD : Russians Urge Ryzhkov to Quit
The Russian republic’s Parliament overwhelmingly approved a resolution today urging Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai I. Ryzhkov and his Cabinet to resign, calling them unable to save the country from economic ruin.
The measure, which passed on a 164-1 vote with 16 abstentions, said Ryzhkov’s government “is not capable of pulling the country out of its deep economic crisis.”
The Russian body called on the national Parliament, the Supreme Soviet, to “solve the question of the resignation of the entire government of the U.S.S.R.”
But the resolution was referring to the Council of Ministers and not President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who has backed a sweeping 500-day program that would bring quicker market-oriented reform than Ryzhkov has called for.
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