Word: polozkov
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...similar proposal came last month from a group styling itself the Centrist bloc and claiming support from 20 political parties and associations. And only two weeks ago, Ivan Polozkov, unreconstructed head of the Communist Party of the Russian republic, wrote in Pravda that a "Union for the Salvation of the Fatherland" should be formed to unite all "patriotic forces" and "prevent a transition to a market system...
...right and left ends -- whom he termed "people made of reinforced concrete" -- are small in number and impossible to satisfy. But what happens when the leadership itself is divided, as it is in the political triangle made up of centrist Gorbachev, radical Boris Yeltsin and conservative Ivan Polozkov, the new leader of the Russian republic's Communist Party? "Fate has brought these three to such a position that they have no right to be responsible just for themselves," replied Ivashko. "They are all aware of this and will cooperate for the sake of common interests. A lot will depend...
...party's rightward slide was signaled three weeks ago when Russian Communists chose Ivan Polozkov, the hard-line party boss of the southern Krasnodar region, as their standard bearer. The right-wing political coup appeared to have caught Russian party reformers by surprise. They had clearly underestimated the depth of resentment in local party organizations with everything from political change in Eastern Europe to schemes for converting military assembly lines to the production of consumer goods...
...clear who Gorbachev was against, it was less certain who he was for. Russian prime minister Alexander Vlasov, the party candidate, was withdrawn before the first round of balloting, after his inept delivery of an annual report. His replacement, Ivan Polozkov, was so hard-line that many Gorbachev supporters could not vote for him, and he lost twice. Vlasov was trotted out again for the third round. On the night before he left for the summit, Gorbachev called a meeting of some 400 Deputies at the party Central Committee headquarters and suggested that they vote for Vlasov...
...Saturday, Yeltsin was narrowly ahead of Polozkov in a key round of balloting, but failed to clinch the presidency. More feverish politicking is expected this week. One thing is certain: Gorbachev will continue trying to position himself as the centrist alternative to what he called in the interview "crazies" like Yeltsin on the left and the hard-liners on the right...