M. RYKOF NOW HOLDS HIGHEST OFFICE IN SOVIET RUSSIA.
TWnltefl Press Assn.— By Electric Telearraph—Copyright.) (Received May 30, 12.45 p.m.) MOSCOW, May 29.
Central Executive of the Soviet Union has elected M. Rykof president of the People’s Commissars, which is equivalent to the Prime Ministership.
M. Tchicherin was re-elected Foreign Affairs Commissar. An Astrakhan message states that the Soviet arrested 200 officials of Government co-operative organisations there on charges of bribery, corruption, and alleged illicitly profiting from trade with capitalists.—Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 10
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