Word: izvestia
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...Vasily Vasilievich Tarasov, 36, a blond, stubby correspondent for Izvestia. Canada accredited Tarasov after an urgent request that came straight from the Kremlin. After depositing his wife and young daughter in a modest apartment in Ottawa's Sandy Hill district, Tarasov scraped up an acquaintance with a minor government functionary...
...much as they want to see the Russians gone from Cuba, there is the lingering thought that Caribbean skies might be safer with at least a few Russians watching over the SAMs. The U.S. last week quietly sought such assurances. Moscow's public response was an article in Izvestia warning the U.S. against a "treacherous attack" and declaring that Cuba has "an inalienable right to take the necessary measures to put an end to the U-2 intrusions...
...chilly banks of the Neva in Leningrad, plenty of bodies were uncovered as swarms of pale, fleshy Russians looked for a place in the thin spring sun, the very image of a people who want the better, freer-and more stylish-life Khrushchev promises. Sounding downright capitalistic, Izvestia launched a new plan to bring about this longed-for prosperity; it suggested putting a traditional Russian drink known as kvas on the world mar ket to compete with Coca-Cola...
...week, fun-filled trip to France, including a week on the Riviera and a week in Paris? No jingles to write. No puzzles to solve. In fact, no contest to enter. All you have to do is be the editor of Izvestia. And since that describes Aleksei Adzhubei, 39, he was the lucky winner of an invitation from the France-U.S.S.R. Friendship Society. Though in Paris it was mostly speeches and press conferences for him, Wife Rada managed to sneak off with Eugenia Vinogradov, the wife of the Soviet Ambassador, and ogle the florally flimsy bikinis displayed...
...intellectuals and Communist parties in France, Britain and the U.S. made strong, astonished protests, Pravda announced that the Party's Ideological Commission had criticized Judaism Without Embellishment for its serious mistakes and admitted that it "may insult the feelings of believers." Last week, Aleksei Adzhubei, the editor of Izvestia and Khrushchev's son-in-law, announced that the book had been banned and all copies destroyed...