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Both Lithuania's Baltic neighbors, Latvia and Estonia, were reported calm today. The official Tass news agency said the Soviet military and Estonian officials had reached agreement on the contentious issue of conscripting Estonian youths into military service...
...Tass quoted a Soviet Army deputy chief of staff, Col. Gen. Grigory Krivosheyev, as saying an agreement was struck between Defense Minister Dmitri T. Yazov and Estonian Prime Minister Edgar Savisaar on military service for Estonian men. Tass said the accord will allow some Estonian draftees to serve in Estonia...
...sharp attack on Gorbachev, Tass commentator Andrei Orlov, known for his independent views, said Lithuania "set the example of lawlessness" with its declaration of independence, but this by no means justifies the use of military force, including tanks, against civilians...
...past performance is any indication, Gorbachev may be swinging to the right only to lull conservatives into complacency before swinging back toward the middle. TASS political analyst Andrei Orlov explained Gorbachev's recent behavior as "a carefully hatched multistep maneuver aimed at changing the alignment of political forces in ((his)) favor...
...typical Soviet fashion, perestroika took another lurching step forward last week. TASS, the government news agency, announced formation of a Moscow Stock Exchange, the first since 1917. The new exchange already has 187 prospective companies and banks. Soviet securities will be represented overseas by international brokerage firms. And Moscow's Big Board plans to open offices in other world financial capitals, like Tokyo and New York...