Soviet Press Will Get Extra Newsprint in ’89
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From Reuters
MOSCOW — The Soviet government will supply extra newsprint next year to ease a shortage that critics have seen as a curb on glasnost , Izvestia said Saturday.
Officials had announced that subscriptions to the most popular periodicals would be limited due to the paper shortage, prompting citizens’ protests that glasnost (openness) is meaningless without access to the press.
Izvestia, the Soviet government newspaper, said ministries would reduce their publications to make newsprint available.
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