 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1971, 24th Party Congressyakasimbisa chimiro chaBrejnev naKosygin sevatungamiriri vepamusoro-soro vehutungamiriri asi Podgorny zvakadaro akaratidza kuti akaramba ari mutambi mukuru mune zvematongerwo enyika eSoviet nekutungamira nhume kuChina neNorth Vietnam gare gare gore iro. Sezvo Brezhnev akatora nzvimbo dzakasununguka, Podgorny akakwezva rutsigiro pakati pemakomunisti akasimba nekupikisa chimiro chake chekuyananisa kuYugoslavia, zvibvumirano zvekuparadza zvombo neWest, uye kumanikidza East Germany kuti ibvumire kutaurirana kweBerlin. MuPolitiburo, Podgorny aigona kuvimba nerutsigiro rwaGennady Voronov naPetro Shelest. Mukuwedzera, apo Podgorny naKosygin chaizvoizvo vakabvumirana pane chimwe chinhu Brezhnev aizozviwana ari muduku, uye akamanikidzwa kutevera zvisarudzo zvavo. Zvisinei, mukana wakadaro waiwanzoregeredzwa pamusana pokuti Podgorny aiwanzosangana naKosygin pamusoro pezvinhu zvematongerwe enyika. Pakupedzisira, hutungamiri hwose hwakaitwa husina simba mukupera kwema1970 apo Brezhnev akawana zvose asi kudzora kwakakwana pamusoro pePolitiburo. 