Greetings on this 88^th Anniversary of the October Revolution

Dear comrades:

We greet you on this 88^th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution! Wed wish you health and success in your struggle towards a new socialist revolution and a victory over capitalist-imperialist barbarity!

Violeta Krasavina
Central Coordinating Council
Front of Help to the Revolutionary Political Prisoners

Former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, while in Washington to mark the 20oth Anniversary of "perestroika-destroika", said that the USA and Russia both emerged victorious from the Cold War.

According to a report by a working group of the Russian State Council, the average life expectancy in now 12 years lower than in the US and other developed countries, while the infant mortality rate is 1.2 to 2 times higher. The average life expectancy of the Russian men is only 58.9 years, while that of the Russian women is 72.3 years.

This is due to extremely poor health care now, slashed state funding, privatization of health care and desperate living conditions for the majority of the people.

The robbery of Soviet natural resources when "perestroika-destroika" came in and supported and abetted by US imperialism, the outright robbery of state property, now the sale of "his company?!"Sibneft to Russia’s state-owned group Gazprom, has made Roman Abramovich, holding Russian-Israeli-British citizenship, even by his own stratospheric standards, an extremely wealthy man. He is now already the richest man in Russia and Britain, now he is even wealthier by 7.4 billion pounds. On interest alone, he is earning over $1 million per day. If you cannot picture this – if this money would be laid end to end in dollar bills, this would stretch all the way to the moon and back again – twice.

Abramovich, the darling of Zionist fraternity, has already large properties in England, a villa in France, besides the fifth largest yacht in the world, plus two others. He flies in his own Boeing 767 and he owns a football club in Britain.

His mentor is another Zionist, Boris Berezovsky – all of them are in the inner circle of Yeltsin and Putin.

So, stealing the Soviet state’s property, built up by the toil of the Soviet people is not a crime, according to Putin – the KGB officer who swore to uphold Socialism, the USSR and its people! Even in an Imperialist country like the USA, this outright robbery would be punishable!

"I am speaking of realism which carries the idea of renovating life, of making it for the benefit of man. I am speaking, of course, of realism, that we call Socialist Realism. It is unique in that it expresses a world outlook that will admit of neither contemplativeness nor an escape from reality but, on the contrary, calls men to the struggle for progress, helps them to appreciate the aims supported by millions of people, and lights for them the path of this struggle.

Art of writing has the power to influence the minds and hearts of men. I think that the right to be called an artist belongs to those writers who use this influence to benefit mankind and to create a world of beauty in the souls of men."

Dear comrades:

About 700 Port workers of the company "Portvoii Flot" (Port Fleet) declared an indefinite strike this November 10^th, with the demand towards the administration for wage increase of 30%. The administration has filed a complaint to the district attorney with the demand to declare this strike illegal. The district attorney addressed this issue last November 7. We need your moral support and solidarity.

Polin Grigori M.
Chairman of the local union

We sent a fax supporting the strike and a copy to the Director of the Portovii Flot. Although this issue was sent after November 7^th, we urge readers to send faxes of support to the trade union at n.varlamova@seaport.spb.ru

Minsk Criticizes EU for Threats

The European Union’s resolution on the political situation in Belarus shows a "desire to impose its will on the Byelorussian authorities and society, not stopping even on threats," said the Byelorussian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

The EU foreign ministers issued a statement in Brussels on November 7^th to express concern about the political situation in Byelorussia and warn that new measures could possibly be taken against the Byelorussian leadership, including visa denials and the freezing of bank accounts.

The EU also demanded that Byelorussia clearly demonstrates its respect for democratic values and the rule of law. The Byelorussian spokesman Yesin said that: "Byelorussia has repeatedly said, including to our partners in the EU, that the upcoming presidential elections in 2006 will be held in strict accordance with existing electoral laws and international standards."

Yesin also concluded with these words: "The EU’s persistent attempts, to ‘flexibly’ finance political process in our country, bypassing the incumbent Byelorussian authorities, shows great disrespect for our sovereignty. Such ‘backdoor’ financing is simply illegal in most countries."

Russia Will Keep Permanent Bases in Moldova

By Xinhua News Agency

BUCHAREST: Russia will maintain its military presence in the trans-Dniester region, a break-away region of Russian speaking people and voted to be a republic in eastern Moldova, formerly known as Moldavia

Russia is very concerned that the US is going set up military bases in Romania It is known that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is coming to Bucharest soon in order to sign a pact on opening up US army bases in Romania.

This regional conflict broke out after the USSR disintegrated and the eastern region separated and it wants to be incorporated into Russia, since if Moldova unites with Romania as US imperialism wants, they will become second-class citizens.

Uzbekistan and Russia to Ink the Agreement on Better Relations

UzReport – Uzbekistan

The two sides will sign an agreement on allied relations within the visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov to Moscow on November 14, 2005. This will become a signature of agreement on allied relations between Uzbekistan and Russia.

This document will also lay new ground for bilateral relations and logical continuation and development of strategic partnership between the two countries. The issue of trade and economic development will also be discussed. Military cooperation will be on the agenda and security will be discussed in this important Central Asian region.