This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Soviet Oil Price Hike Hits Eastern Europe Tightens Bloc Economy
The Soviet Union raises oil prices to its Eastern European satellites by 150 percent retroactive to Jan 1, charging Eastern imports about $7.50 per barrel. Analysts warn of inflation, subsidized consumer prices, and bigger Western-style economic strains as Comecon shifts to annual price revisions and new trading terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Denis D. Gray
Bonn
Germany
Europe
Middle East
Romania
Moscow
East Germany
Hungary
London
Comecon
Eastern Trading Alliance
Cuba
Mongolia
Peotr Jaroszewicz
Poland
Budapest
West
Kremlin
North Africa
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria