Boris Yeltsin鈥檚 election as President of the Russian Republic could
lead to a cutback in the number of scientists and technologists at universities.
Addressing a conference of Russia鈥檚 new entrepreneurs and business people
shortly before the election, Ivan Silaev, the Russian premier, said that
the weakest point in the transition to a market economy was a shortage of
economists and lawyers. Silaev suggested it may be necessary to train more
lawyers and economists and 鈥榗ut down the number of young specialists in
the technical fields鈥�.