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...doubt that he is a determined foe of social corruption and economic inefficiency. He demanded radical improvements in the feeble Soviet agricultural program and lashed out against the misuse of power by Soviet officials. He also etched an acid appraisal of the 18-year rule of the late Leonid Brezhnev, who presided over the 26th Congress in 1981. Back then, laughter from delegates would have been unthinkable...
Since he became General Secretary of the party last March 11, Gorbachev has been reshaping the power structure of the Soviet Union. He has broken the back of high-level cronyism that flourished for nearly 20 years under former Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev, until his death in 1982. The new man at the helm has given fair warning that he intends to wean the country from deeply ingrained habits, including alcoholism, corruption and sloth. Gorbachev's speech this week will show the direction in which he intends to lead his country...
...covered the story of Shcharansky's arrest and imprisonment in the 1970s and had recently talked with Shcharansky's crusading wife Avital in Geneva about her husband's plight. Moscow Reporter Nancy Traver was among those visiting with Ida Milgrom, Shcharansky's 77-year-old mother, and his brother Leonid, in a friend's apartment. Says Traver: "She was radiant, smiling and laughing, even though he had been whisked through the city and she had not had a chance to see him." Last week that jubilant frame of mind was shared by millions around the world...
...Wednesday he made preliminary efforts to arrange for the immigration to Israel of his mother Ida Milgrom, 77, and his brother Leonid, 39, a request that Soviet authorities have implied would be fulfilled within a few weeks. Even though she was not able to see her younger son before his sudden departure, Ida Milgrom, who like her daughter-in-law had fought hard for Anatoli's release, was overwhelmed by the good news. Leonid was at her side. "We'll be celebrating with champagne and vodka tonight, even though they aren't so easy to find anymore," he said, referring...
Mikhail Gorbachev's public campaign against corruption in the Soviet Union is now touching the friends of former President Leonid Brezhnev and his family. Acquaintances of Brezhnev's daughter Galina and his son Yuri are reportedly being questioned about bribery involving the use of posh hotel rooms and of restaurants for private banquets attended by well-connected figures from the Brezhnev era. The state-controlled press, without mentioning Brezhnev by name, has criticized the cronyism fostered during his 18-year rule...