The two republics still share control of the army and foreign service, but little else.
And it takes a special breed of veteran to tolerate sharing control with someone so young.
Then, too, some universities are wary of projects in which they have to share control.
Since late last year he has shared control of the company with his uncle and two other executives.
And now a battle royal is developing over these questions: Should he share control with the 11 other independent republics?
Russia agreed to share control of the airport but still demands its own peacekeeping zone.
The top executives of the two firms would share control of the new firm.
They would share control of a national Government.
All the proposals, however, seem to share one feature - greater Government intervention or control of the economy.
Forcing the parties to share control was seen as a reform.