Word: frolov
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Afanasyev was dismissed under the guise of requesting a "transfer to scientific work." Named as his replacement was Ivan Frolov, 60, by no coincidence a close Gorbachev ally. Frolov has held academic and journalistic posts, in 1986 and 1987 as editor of the ideological journal Kommunist. His stewardship of that once stiffly orthodox publication was marked by the introduction of new voices, including some that have been prominent in the perestroika movement...