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...handful of domestic woes, Mikhail Gorbachev is likely to relinquish the once powerful post of General Secretary of the Communist Party next month. Who will replace him? The momentum is swinging toward Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, who has also been considered a potential Prime Minister if Nikolai Ryzhkov is forced to step aside. The choice would be both surprising and plausible. If he is to succeed as President, Gorbachev will need a trusted ally to head the party; Shevardnadze has been a friend for 25 years. If the party is to survive, it will require a leader respected within...
...many countries the development of a full-fledged market economy has taken centuries. For us the next year or two will be the most intensive stage of the transition. Shortly, Prime Minister Ryzhkov will report to the Supreme Soviet on the basis of the discussion and analysis that we've just had in the Presidential Council...
...Like virtually all his fellow citizens, Gorbachev is absorbed by the Soviet Union's domestic problems. He described as a "shift in direction comparable in magnitude to the October Revolution" the package of reform measures that his Prime Minister, Nikolai Ryzhkov, publicly announced two days later. He added, however, that they would not require so many sacrifices as Poland's "shock therapy," which entailed skyrocketing prices and widespread unemployment...
...since returned). The Soviet Union has also begun reducing its muscle at the former U.S. military and supply base at Cam Ranh Bay. Two weeks ago, the Soviet Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow was removing its MiG- 23s and TU-16 long-range bombers, while Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov said that Soviet air strength at the base would be reduced to five planes...
Under a new Soviet law, more than 20 homes will be turned over to the Health Ministry. Only Gorbachev and Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov will retain their country residences. Says Ella Panfilova, a commission staffer: "We've already had people calling to complain. Some are really angry...