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Kremlin Shakeup Edges Through Without Major Policy Shift
Moscow observers say Nikolai Podgorny’s removal from the Politburo marks the first big Kremlin leadership move since Khrushchev’s ouster but is likely to have little impact on governance. Brezhnev and Kosygin continue as the real power centers while Podgorny’s ceremonial presidency fades. The Financial Times notes the elite leadership “cracked after 17 years.”
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Moscow
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Communist Party
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Torezhnev
Brezhnev
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Soviet Union
Kosygin
Brezhn
Rezhnev
London
Independent Financial Times
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