CHUBAIS: COMMUNISTS DO NOT UNDERSTAND ECONOMICS.

First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais yesterday maintained that Russia’s Communist Party is not anxious to see the Chernomyrdin government resign and does not wish to take on responsibility for running the country. Based on his readings of economic discussions in procommunist newspapers such as Pravda and Sovetskaya Rossiya, Chubais said the party is desperately lagging behind reality and does not understand how Russia’s economy works today. (4)

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