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RUSSIA: COMMUNIST PARTY PROFILE
Russian/Eng/Nat
The first round of Russia's presidential election has left two front-runners, Boris Yeltsin and Gennady Zyuganov.
Yeltsin's campaign team has been trying to scare Russians with visions of the Communist past -- repression...
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SYND 11 7 79 MEETING OF OAU WITH SPEECHES BY VARIOUS LEADERS
Gaafar Nimeiry, President of Sudan welcomes delegates to the summit of the Organisation of African Unity. Uganda's President, Idi Amin, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat,
1. ws small plane taxis to halt
2. ws flags of nations
3. ws delegate...
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Iran's hard-line president said Israel will one day be 'wiped out' as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust.
HEADLINE: Holocaust Deniers Provoke Outrage, Condemnation
CAPTION: Iran's hard-line president said Israel will one day be 'wiped out' as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the...
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Anniversary of 1991 coup plus Gorbachev interview
APTN - Moscow - 19 August 1991
1. Wide shot, Soviet tanks roll into Moscow as the Coup starts
2. Pull out, tanks on the streets of Moscow
3. Zoom in, Coup leaders press conference
4. Mid shot, Coup leaders Gennady Yanayev (right)...
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UZBEKISTAN: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO OVERCOME ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
English/Nat
Recently independent, the former Soviet state Uzbekistan is trying to overcome economic problems left over from Moscow's rule.
Now, after six years of independence and compared with other former Soviet Union states,...
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Gorbachev says Ukraine failed to act democratically
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Sunday that the political crisis in Ukraine, which has seen its president driven from the capital after months of protests, stems from its government's failure to act democratically.
He...
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US General calls for European co-operation in missile defence system
1. Exterior of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) headquarters
2. Close up of NATO sculpture in garden
3. Close up of NATO Flag
4. Wide shot of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Henry Obering, Director of Missile Defense...
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Russians celebrate May Day
1. Wide shot of Communist demonstration near Kremlin
2. Tight shot of banner of official Communist party demo
3. Demonstrators chanting: "Our Motherland is the Soviet Union"
4. Various people watching
5. Various police security near...
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RUSSIA: VETERANS ATTEND AFGHAN WAR MEMORIAL
Russian/Nat
Monday marks the tenth anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and the end of a bitter guerilla war.
More than a million Afghans lost their lives and 15-thousand Soviet troops were killed in the...
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RUSSIA: THE "LITTLE BEE" CHILDREN'S RAILWAY LINE
Russian/Nat
Children have always played with train sets, dreaming of becoming train drivers when they grow up. But Russian youngsters have gone one better - they run their own railway line.
The "Little Bee" railway was dreamed-up...
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SYND 12-11-73 FIFA SPOKESMAN TALKS ON RUSSIA'S EXPULSION FROM THE WORLD CUP
FIFA spokesman talking about Russia's expulsion from the World Cup soccer competition, as the game could be played in the stadium where General Pinochet's regime, may have executed people
1. ms FIFA spokesman, INTERVIEW: explains how...
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Fans react as USA v Russia match is set to rekindle classic rivalry
Ice hockey fever was in the air in Sochi on Saturday, with Russia set to take on the USA in arguably one of the most anticipated non-medal events of the Games.
It's nearly 34 years since the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New...
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RUSSIA: ALARMING NUMBER OF WOMEN TURNING TO A LIFE OF CRIME
Russian/Nat
An alarming number of women in the new Russia have turned to a life of crime.
Statistics show that crimes by women have soared since the collapse of the Soviet Union and are now increasing at a faster pace than those...
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Chile, Burma, Haiti, USSR, Armenia, Poland
General Augusto Pinochet addressing crowd
Protesters holding placards in Chile
Protesters attacked by authorities Chile
Rock protest concert Santiago
Flag waving
Isobel Allende returning to Santiago
Demonstrations in Burma for...
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SYND 29 6 73 KISSINGER PRESS CONFERENCE ON US / USSR TALKS
United States National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Kissinger holds a press conferenc to comment on the US / USSR talks recently completed.
1. ws pressmen
2. mcu Kissinger SOUNDBITE 'the benefits that accrue to the United States will...
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BELARUS: PACT SIGNED WITH RUSSIA MEETS WITH WIDESPREAD APPROVAL
Russian/Nat
The deal that was signed Tuesday between Russia and Belarus has met with widespread approval in the former Soviet republic.
If anything, local citizens don't think it goes far enough.
On the "Iskra" collective farm - about...
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RUSSIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - PREVIEW
Russian/Eng/Nat
In Russia the Communist party is counting on making big gains in the upcoming parliamentary elections on December 19th.
Although the Communists have been the majority party in the Duma since 1995 they no longer dominate...
Bloomberg
Oleg Tinkov: I Can't Believe Ruble's Fall
Dec. 24 -- TCS Bank Founder Oleg Tinkov is one of Russia's most prolific and provocative serial entrepreneurs. Bloomberg's Ryan Chilcote meets the Siberian tycoon to talk about the ruble and sanctions.
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SYND 6 6 78 AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER HAFIZULLAH PRESS CONFERENCE ON RECENT COUP
Afghan Foreign Minister Mr Hafizullah Amin tells New York news conference at the United Nations that the April power seizure by his party in Afghanistan was a revolution, not a coup. His five-week-old government wants friendly relations...
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Bush Hosts State Dinner For Gorbachev At White House, Gorbachev And Quayle Sit For Photo-Op
Washington, DC -- May 31, 1990
Wide shot of dining room, zoom in to President Bush at dining table with Billy Graham and others
00:06:43 Mid shot of President Gorbachev and Barbara Bush at dining room table
00:06:47 SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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RUSSIA: OVERTHROW OF COMMUNIST PARTY COUP: 5TH ANNIVERSARY
Moscow Recent and File1. Soviet archive of tanks on streets outside White House 19/8/912. Soviet archive of soldiers on streets 19/8/913. Soviet archive of Gorbachev coming down steps of plane after returning from Foros 21/9/914....
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WRAP Medvedev arrives in Cuba, talks with Raul Castro, visits cathedral
1. Russian president's plane arriving at Havana airport
2. Wide Cuban officials waiting
3. Wide of airport entrance
4. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shaking hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque (left) and other Cuban...
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SYND 16 7 78 CHESS SET SCENE
Organisers and contestants in the World Chess Championship agreed on match technicalities except which flag should be used for challenger Victor Korchnoi when play begins against Anatoly Karpov at Baguio City, Philippines.
1. ws town...
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World's largest church bell installed
1. Wide of the Trinity St. Sergius Monastery
2. Trinity St. Sergius Monastery onion domes with bells ringing
3. Czar Bell
4. Various close of carvings on Czar Bell
5. Various workers enlarging the entrance
6. People watching
7. Czar...