Byline: MARGARET SHAPIRO - Washington Post
Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin, who threw his country into turmoil Tuesday by disbanding parliament and ordering new elections, won crucial backing Wednesday from defense, Interior Ministry and Central Bank officials.
He also received more support from the Clinton administration and top American lawmakers, who agreed Wednesday that the $2.5 billion American aid package for Russia now being considered by Congress should move ahead quickly.
But resistance to Yeltsin intensified at the Russian Supreme Soviet building, or White House, as his erstwhile vice president, Alexander Rutskoi, insisted that he is now Russia's president and began naming his own Cabinet. Yeltsin, however, appeared confident and relaxed as he took an impromptu …
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