From the September 1990 issue of the Socialist Standard
"Out of the 1600 essential goods supplied by the government, 1500 are in short supply. If prices rise two or three times, as they are expected to do, you can imagine what will happen to the 80 per cent of the population who are close to the poverty line".
- Gennady Yanayev, leader of the official Soviet trade unions. (Times, 30 June).
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