The final straw was his refusal to condemn the withdrawal of a loan for the city's Forgemasters steel company which had been promised under the Labour government.
Indeed, it is their categorical refusal to recognize the mistakes made carlier that is preventing the final normalization of the international situation.
His refusal to support today's announcement by President Yeltsin marks the final rupture between the two and Rutskoi -- or his designee -- will seek to establish a new government with the military-industrial complex's Volsky, the parliament's Khasbulatov and the KGB's Primakov playing key, but likely subordinate, roles.