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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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Former Russian premier Gorbachev visits Checkpoint Charlie ahead of wall anniversary
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Friday the collapse of the Berlin Wall demonstrated how important good relations between Germany and Russia were for the entire world.
Gorbachev spoke to a crowd at the former site of...
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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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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: 1991 COMMUNIST COUP ATTEMPT ANNIVERSARY
Russian/Nat
Hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Sunday to celebrate the collapse of a Communist coup attempt eight years ago.
On August 19, 1991 hardliners isolated the then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and assumed control...
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12th anniversary of hardline coup
1. Russian flag with Cabinet headquarters in background
2. Wide shot of demonstrators marching with national flags
3. Small boy helping carry giant flag
4. Wide shot of demonstration
5. Various of demonstrators
6. Memorial to three men...
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10 years after the coup, a deep divide remains in society
Moscow, August 17, 2001
1. Moscow traffic, Kremlin blocked by banners
2. Martini ad
3. Street, people walking
4. Coca-Cola sign
5. Two businessmen talking
6. Russian drives off in Mercedes
7. Cigarette billboard
8. VOXPOP (English)...
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Russia - Gorbachev's Guilt Over Chernobyl
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Moscow on Friday
(26/4) that he shared responsibility for the Chernobyl nuclear
accident. He said guilt needed to be shared by those who were
ruling the region and were in charge of the...
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Political fighting among presidential candidates reaches a crescendo
1. Liberal Democratic party presidential candidate, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, in make-up room before debate
2. Communist party presidential candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, walking along corridor before debate
3. Zoom out of Russian state...
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AP interview with visiting Maldives President Nasheed
1. Wide shot of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed in office
2. Various shots of Nasheed seated during interview
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives President:
"Countries'' ambitions are not as much as we would like to be....
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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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Former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev criticises government
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday accused Russia's current rulers of conceit and contempt for voters in his harshest criticism of the government yet.
Gorbachev criticised Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President...
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RUSSIA: GORBACHEV RELEASES NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Russian/Nat
Former Soviet Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev is in the spotlight once again with the publishing of his latest book.
At a signing ceremony on Tuesday in Moscow the former communist chief said that although this book...
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RUSSIA: DEMOCRAT AND DUMA MEMBER FOUND MURDERED
Eng/Russ/Nat
A leading Russian democrat and independent member of Russia's State Duma has been found murdered.
52-year-old Galina Starovoitova was found shot in the head outside her apartment building in St Petersburg late on Friday...
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AP Interview with former Russian President, comment on Obama
1. Wide exterior of Gorbachev Foundation
2. Wide of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with his assistant
3. Portrait of Gorbachev's late wife, Raisa
4. Gorbachev with assistant
5. Photograph on Gorbachev's desk
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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Brezhnev''s 1970''s Nissan goes under hammer in Moscow
1. Wide shot of exhibition hall
2. Various shots of photographer taking picture of model
3. Close-up of Jaguar badge on the front
4. Medium shot of cars and visitors.
5. Various shots of cars
6. Medium shot of Nissan car belonging to...
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At 75, former Russian President Gorbachev still going strong
AP Television
FILE - Moscow, Russia - 23 February 2006
1. Mid shot Mikhail Gorbachev enters and shakes hands with journalists
2. Cutaway cups and memory plate
3. Wide shot interview
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, Former...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITUATION UPDATE
Russian/Eng/Nat
Russia's presidential candidates and politicians cast their votes Sunday, campaigning to the last as they talked about their plans and policies.
President Yeltsin and his communist rival Gennady Zyuganov are expected to...
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RUSSIA: DEATH OF RAISA GORBACHEV: FILE MATERIAL
Russian/Eng/Nat
Raisa Gorbachev, the spirited and outspoken wife of the former Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 67 after a battle with leukemia.
Raisa was widely admired in the West but strongly criticised at...
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Gorbachev says Russians must preserve democracy
1. Exterior of the Gorbachev Foundation
2. Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at press conference
3. Photographer
4. Gorbachev speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president:
"We should...
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Russia - Gorbachev comments on NATO expansion
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday (15/4) cautioned the US Congress against the planned expansion of NATO. He claimed that it would be a mistake to expand the alliance without an agreement not to deploy nuclear weapons...
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RUSSIA: MINERS TO STRIKE OVER PAY
Russian/Nat
Angry Russian miners disillusioned with President's Yeltsin policies are to strike over pay.
Five years ago miners hailed Boris Yeltsin a hero and their vote was seen as being crucial to his election.
The miners' wrath is a...
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Havel at debate amid 20th anniv Velvet Rev celebrations, file
FILE: Prague, November 1989
1. Aerial of crowds in street
2. Pull out from protestors occupying building to wide of demonstrators
3. Demonstrators applauding
Prague, 16 November 2009
4. Wide of Vaclav Square
5. Photograph exhibition...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS: YELTSIN KEEPS SLIGHT LEAD
Russian/Eng/Nat
President Boris Yeltsin kept a slight lead over his main challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, early Monday as results from Sunday's elections kept coming in.
With 82 percent of the vote counted, 35 percent of voters were...
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MOLDOVA: MAVERICK RUSSIAN GENERAL LEBED RESIGNS
Russian/Nat
The maverick Russian general, Alexander Lebed, has resigned from the army after the government planned to reduce its forces in the breakaway Transdniester region of Moldova.
Lebed could now enter politics - his popularity far...