41. The tensions between the new-style politico Ryzhkov and the old-style apparatchik are evident. 42. Yeltsin suddenly stepped down and named Vladimir Putin, a KGB apparatchik , to be acting president. 43. But a better justice system is far more important to Texas than the desires of party apparatchiks . 44. He remains a regular contributor to science fiction fanzines, such as " Apparatchik ". 45. Its demise is seen as the onset of the rise of the nomenklatura class of Soviet apparatchiks . 46. Long shunned by apparatchiks for maintaining contacts with exiles, they are now the envy of the populace. 47. Like Milosevic, Iliescu was an agile former apparatchik who had managed to survive Communism's fall. 48. At almost every turn, they faced double-dealing and theft, stonewalling apparatchiks and scheming bureaucrats. 49. At 54, he's gone from communist apparatchik to cautious reformer to opposition flag-carrier. 50. According to one former associate, " The LCN reminded Marat of the apparatchiks in the Soviet Union.
