5 OCTOBER 1991, page 12

Red But Not Dead

Stephen Handelman writes that reports of the demise of the Soviet Communist Party are premature Moscow BEHIND a plain white door with the inscription 'Inspectorate of Youth......

A Poor Kind Of Democracy

Noel Malcolm on the conspiracy theories which corrupt Rumanian politics Bucharest AN OLD joke has it that in any room containing three Rumanians you will find at least four......

The Outlaw

Michael Heath......

In Mark Almond's Piece Last Week We Named The Former

KGB head as Khrus- chev. He was, of course, Kryuchov.......