Yeltsin Pressures Gorky for Referendum on Performance
Yeltsin grills Gorky in a live broadcast calling for an annual referendum on the president's performance. Critics have long questioned Gorbachev as Congress convened, while deputies doubted him before a second term election. Food riots kill 15 as mobs fight for sustenance amid instability. See Sees Maton meets outgoing Princian Atbouta as siege declared. Menem separates government over the crisis but refuses to take office.