There are indications that interest in Siberian development is waning under the Gorbachev administration. When analyzed in spatial terms, the basic principles of the Gorbachev economic program favor investment in the established manufacturing potential of the European USSR, not in costly new...

<DIV>Russia is a huge storehouse of natural resources, including oil, gas, and other energy sources, which she can trade with the rest of the world for advanced technology and wheat. In this book, leading experts evaluate the Soviet potential in major energy and industrial raw materials, giving...</div>