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...nuclear winter" theory, which holds that an atomic war would bring about a new ice age by raising dust that would block out the sun's rays, Alexandrov was last seen in Madrid on March 31. The Soviets have also lost an official from their embassy in Rome, Vitali Yurtchenko, who vanished without trace earlier this month. There are no signs that either man has defected to the West. Under discussion at the seminar is a plan to study the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. The project would require a freer exchange of information than Moscow would...
...four, all members of the Politburo, are Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, 75, Heavy Industry Boss Grigori Romanov, 62, Premier of the Russian Republic Vitali Vorotnikov, 59, and First Deputy Premier Geidar Aliyev, 61. They will probably form the core of the collective leadership that will guide Gorbachev in the beginning. With the exception of Gromyko, a full member of the Politburo for twelve years, they are Gorbachev's contemporaries, members of the long-awaited new generation of Soviet leaders. The generational distinction may mean less in the future than it has in the past, however, largely because Gorbachev shrewdly deferred...
...Politburo may already have made up its mind in favor of the amiable, polished Gorbachev, the youngest member of that organization's young guard, who made a favorable impression on the West during his seven-day trip to Britain last December. Along with Politburo Members Geidar Aliyev, 61, and Vitali Vorotnikov, 59, Gorbachev was an Andropov protege. His standing as the probable front runner appeared to get a 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...
...into the party machinery, Chernenko could use his power of appointment to consolidate control. But he too may run out of time. For the second time, the Politburo has postponed handing authority to the younger generation, represented by Geidar Aliyev, 60, Mikhail Gorbachev, 52, Grigori Romanov, 61 and Vitali Vorotnikov, 58. One of Chernenko's most pressing tasks will be to find ways of moving men like these into positions of power without threatening the old guard. One possibility is to give one of the "youths" the job of Premier, now held by Tikhonov...
...physically frail to attend last December's party plenum, he appeared to come out of the meeting politically stronger. The balance of power in the Politburo seemed to tilt in his favor by the appointment of two new men whose careers had been stalled under Brezhnev. Politburo Newcomer Vitali Vorotnikov, 58, joined a number of younger leaders who appeared to owe their growing prominence to the ailing leader. They included former Azerbaijan Party Chief Geidar Aliyev, 60, who was the first Andropov appointee to the party's inner circle, and two technocrats, Nikolai Ryzhkov, 54, and Yegor Ligachev...