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...Soviet leader with the best chance of succeeding Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, who turns 80 in May, may well be Vorotnikov, in part because it is a logical step upward from his current position as premier of the Russian Republic. Like Gorbachev, he was a protege of Andropov, who apparently tabbed Vorotnikov to clean up corruption. Vorotnikov had conducted an earlier anticorruption drive with such fervor that he seemingly incurred the wrath of powerful enemies and was shipped off to Cuba as Soviet Ambassador from 1979 to 1982. But his star has ascended steadily since...
Dressed in a dark blue suit and blue-striped tie, Gorbachev stood at the head of a receiving line in the white-and-gilt Hall of St. George. Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and First Vice President Vasili Kuznetsov were by his side as he greeted the foreign dignitaries. Gorbachev looked his guests in the eye, occasionally giving a visitor a two-handed grip or flashing a reserved smile of recognition...
...Papandreou, any glimmer of improved Soviet-Greek ties is an important bargaining chip in his jousting with Washington. Yet the Soviets were cautious in dealing with Papandreou. After meeting with him in Moscow, Premier Nikolai Tikhonov and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko declared that Greece's positions on disarmament were close to the Soviet Union's, but they refrained from harsh attacks on the U.S. or NATO. So, for once, did Papandreou. Said a Western diplomat in Moscow: "The Soviets have behaved quite subtly. They're hoping to exploit Greece's differences with its allies, but they know if they push...
...evening Khrushchev, who as usual had been drinking heavily, decided to have some fun with Nikolai Podgorny, who at the time held Khrushchev's old job as party boss of the Ukraine and later became a member of the Politburo. Khrushchev turned to Podgorny. "Why don't you dance a gopak for us? I miss Ukrainian dances and songs...
...powerful endorsement last month: the official Communist Party daily, Pravda, listed him as one of four candidates to represent Moscow districts in elections for the rubber-stamp Supreme Soviet, or parliament, of the Russian Republic scheduled for Feb. 24. The other three candidates: Chernenko, Soviet Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, and Politburo Member and Moscow Party Chief Viktor Grishin...