Word: rublee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such pricing problems are compounded by the variability in ruble-dollar exchange rates, leading economists to make estimates varying as much as 50%. Such difficulties give little confidence in Soviet defense budget estimates.
Getting tickets for one of the group's eight concerts became an overnight status symbol for the Moscow establishment. As a result, most of the seats went to the privileged-members of the Communist Party, government officials and the cultural elite. Only 10% of the tickets were sold to the...
One Soviet witness swore she made contact with Defendant Francis Jay Crawford in Room 1821 of Moscow's Intourist Hotel to arrange illegal ruble-dollar exchanges; in fact, Crawford was staying seven floors away in Room 1120. Another Soviet insisted that similar transactions occurred last December, even though Crawford...
DIED. Aram Khachaturian, 74, prolific Soviet composer whose works pulse with the rhythms of his ancestral Armenia; after a long illness; in Moscow. A patriot who celebrated the "wrath of the Soviet people waging a struggle for humanity" (Second Symphony, 1943) and a Roman slave insurrection (the ballet Spartacus, 1953...
In Moscow smoking is being prohibited in the dining areas of all restaurants. Anyone caught lighting up in shops, cinemas, sports arenas or hotel lobbies in Novosibirsk risks a ten-ruble (about $13) fine. In Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, quick eateries and bars no longer permit smoking. Proclaiming itself the...