Johnson's Russia List 25 April 1997 djohnson@cdi.org ************* Zyuganov Report to CPRF Congress [part 2] The Party's Socioeconomic Position The party has its own principled view of how to act in the economic circumstances now prevailing. The main question of today is whether "market forces," or in reality a few banking groups, will determine the movement of our economy, exploiting state resources for their own selfish interests, or whether, on the contrary, the state will determine the spheres and areas of use of market competition in the interests of society. We advocate the latter. The strategic heights of the economy and the main financial flows should be brought back under state control. Property in the course of whose privatization criminal actions were committed should be returned by way of a corresponding legal mechanism. Without state control society will not be able to ensure the necessary transparency of economic activity and [877 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=3954792&hilit=CULTURAL+CULTURE+FUTURE> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&3934784 Score: 86 Subject: eeurope-changes digest (97/04/24 5012)