Pravda Review - 2 January 1991

This document is a Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) summary of the January 2, 1991, edition of the Soviet newspaper Pravda. The report highlights several key themes from the publication, beginning with President Mikhail Gorbachev's New Year greetings to the American people, which emphasized the importance of joint efforts and cooperation in Soviet-U.S. relations. The summary notes a telephone conversation between the Soviet and U.S. presidents regarding future matters. The document also outlines various articles featured in Pravda, including a piece by Natalya Morozova discussing the nature of communism, and an analysis by Anatoliy Komin, First Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee on Prices, regarding the proposed rise in consumer goods prices and the urgency of retail price reform. Additionally, the paper covers historical anecdotes, such as the childhood of revolutionary Artyom Sergeyev, and reports on industrial changes in the Sverdlovsk region, where a nuclear fuel enterprise was being retooled to produce emerald-based women's decorations. Finally, the summary mentions an analysis by Valentin Sharov regarding the collapse of the socialist model in Eastern Europe and the exchange of New Year greetings between the Soviet people, Chinese President Yang Shangkun, and U.S. President George Bush.