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WORLD, Page 43World NotesSOVIET UNIONGlasnost's Better Half?
Is Raisa Gorbachev becoming the prima donna of perestroika? In
rare coverage of the Soviet leader's wife, TASS quoted her last
week as she spoke out on her husband's reforms and the role of
women in world peace at a Moscow reception honoring International
Women's Day. "Soviet people are putting into practice plans of
revolutionary restructuring," the Soviet First Lady said. "We want
our public life . . . to be worthy of a human being."
Observers credit Mrs. Gorbachev's new prominence to both
glasnost and her natural self-confidence. But not all Soviets
approve of Raisa's high profile. Groused one Muscovite: "What is
the meaning of Raisa this, Raisa that? Am I supposed to live like
she does?" At a televised celebration at the Bolshoi Theater after
her speech, it was clear that she has not totally broken the
traditional mold of Soviet leaders' spouses. Mikhail Gorbachev sat
on the dais, while Raisa watched from the audience.