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Andropov tightens grip with harsher Soviet penalties
After reshuffling top security chiefs, Andropov's government imposed stiff new penalties for economic crimes and corruption. The national decree raises fines up to $1,400 and assigns convicts to forced labor brigades, while harsher sentences and parole denials target habitual and severe offenders. Izvestia notes KGB head now leads internal affairs and police, signaling closer KGB control of domestic enforcement.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Andropov
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Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
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