Fear of another coup has been fluttering in Moscow lately, as politicians and the people prepare for the shock of free-market prices and other changes.

And eventually, the government's majority stake would be sold at free-market prices to investors.

But in a city where the average wage is 100 yuan a month, or about $27, many people are objecting to the higher free-market prices.

Lawmakers sponsoring a bill that would make the experiment in free-market prices permanent said today that they would continue to push for passage.

The conference also decided that the state should buy agricultural products from the peasants and should sell them manufactured goods at free-market prices.

The new authority could then buy power from the "grid" at the current free-market prices.

She looked forward to prodding him from the right, urging the quickest possible transition to an open economy with free-market prices.

They all were for free-market prices.

Many Georgian farmers already supplement their income by selling at free-market prices the produce from private plots bursting with melons, squash and tomatoes.

They own their own homes, and much of their goods are sold at free-market prices.