31.   They were to have supper together, joined by Boris Nemtsov, a first deputy prime minister and young reformer who is overseeing ties with Japan.

32.   Viakhirev has effectively become a government representative since young reformers in the Cabinet forced him to obey state orders on key management issues.

33.   Yeltsin did continue shaking up his government on Monday, naming prominent young reformer and campaign aide Anatoly Chubais to replace hard-liner Nikolai Yegorov as chief of staff.

34.   Chernomyrdin also announced further new government appointments, saying a young radical reformer, Alexei Kudrin, would act as deputy to Chubais at the finance ministry.

35.   Kazhgeldin, a young reformer in favour of a market economy, clashed frequently with the provincial old guard in parliament who saw their traditional economic powers being eroded.