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Pro-democracy activists who opposed 1991 coup hold rally to mark 20th anniversary
1. Wide of crowd of pro-democracy activists carrying 25-metre-long (75-foot) Russian flag
2. Mid of activists with flag
3. Low angle of underside of flag
4. Police officer watching protest
5. Wide of opposition leaders marching with...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: POLLS CLOSE
Russian/Eng/Nat
Polls have now closed (1900 GMT) in Russia's presidential election, with supporters of President Boris Yeltsin saying a low turnout could help the Communists.
The result is far from certain, and most observers believe...
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Opposition marks annual Flag Day celebration introduced by Yeltsin
Dozens of opposition activists gathered in Moscow on Thursday to mark National Flag Day.
The day falls on the anniversary of the collapse of the 1991 Communist coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, which hastened the end of the Soviet...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: RUSSIA: RUSSIAN POP SINGER
Russian/Nat
Moscow, April 15th '99
President BORIS YELTSIN presented one of the country's top awards to Russia's most famous pop singer, ALLA PUGACHOVA, on her 50th birthday yesterday (15/4/99).
It's a great honour for me to meet you,...
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LITHUANIA: BALTIC NATION TO PURSUE NATO MEMBERSHIP
Russian/Eng/Nat
Russia and NATO on Tuesday sign an agreement on the military alliance's eastward expansion - a pact which will play a key role in shaping the Europe of the next century.
Both sides had to compromise to get the agreement...
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UK: LONDON: FORMER SOVIET PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV VISIT
English/Nat
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was a big hit when he visited London's premiere department store to sign his memoirs.
More than a thousand people lined up to have their books signed and meet the man himself in the...
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Shevardnadze talks with opposition in bid to defuse tension
1. Night shot exteriors of President Eduard Shevardnadze residence
2. Mid shot President Eduard Shevardnadze shakes hands with opposition leaders
3. Wide of meeting hall
4. Mid shot President Eduard Shevardnadze sitting at the table
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RUSSIA: PRICE OF VODKA SET TO RISE BY 30% (2)
Russian/Nat
VOICED BY: Tanya Sakzewski (pron: sack-zoo-skee)
If there's one thing any Russian politician should know -- it's that you don't get between Russians and their vodka.
But acting President Vladimir Putin, who will be fighting...
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NEWS FEATURE Analysts, politicians comment on upcoming elections
AP Television
Moscow - 29 November 2007
1. Various of Russian parliament building
Moscow - 28 November 2007
2. Various of independent politician Vladimir Ryzhkov gathering up files
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vladimir Ryzhkov, Independent...
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Russia - A minute of silence in honour of Deng
Russian members of the Duma, the country's lower house of parliament, on
Thursday (20/2) observed a minute's silence in honour of Chinese patiarch Deng Xiaoping, who died the previous day in Beijing.
Ext. Duma;
GV Int. Duma;
CU screen...
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GERMANY: DEATH OF RAISA GORBACHEV UPDATE
Russian/Nat
Amid outpourings of sympathy, the body of Raisa Gorbachev, wife of ex-Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, was being returned to Russia on Tuesday in preparation for burial later in the week.
Mrs. Gorbachev, 67, died of...
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Parliament ratifies landmark nuclear weapons pact with US
1. Wide top shot of Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) session
2. First Deputy speaker Oleg Morozov (United Russia) addressing Duma
UPSOUND: (Russian) "Today in the third reading we brought up for vote the project of federal...
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RUSSIA: BRONZE DUCK SCULPTURES RETURNED
Russian/Eng/Nat
Nine bronze duck sculptures have been reunited in a Moscow park after three of them were stolen in February.
The ducks that stand by a pond near the Novodevichy Monastery were restored with the help of a Boston-based...
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ITALY: VATICAN: RUSSIAN FM IVANOV MEETS THE POPE (3)
Russ/Eng/Italian
Despite increasingly warm relations between the Vatican and Russia, the idea of a papal visit to Moscow is so sensitive that it didn't even come up on Monday during the Russian Foreign Minister's talks at the...
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Mass protest against Shevardnadze
1. Wide crowd outside parliament building
2. Various crowd outside parliament building
3. Woman with microphone addressing protestors
4. Crowd applauding
5. Old woman applauding
6. Various of crowd outside parliament building
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Former Soviet leader Gorbachev calls for Ukraine unity
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told the Associated Press on Monday that it was important that Ukraine is held together, emphasising the battle for influence between Russia and the West in the crisis roiling the country.
Gorbachev...
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RUSSIA: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV PRESS CONFERENCE
Russian/Nat
Mikhail Gorbachev is a popular figure in Moscow this week.
On Monday, Russian stars showered Mikhail Gorbachev with praise and a performance to mark his upcoming 70th birthday - a striking tribute to a man resented in his own...
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GERMANY: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV APPEARS IN PUBLIC
Natural Sound
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has appeared in public late on Monday for the first time since the death of wife Raisa on Monday morning (local time).
The 67 year old died in a clinic in Muenster, Germany after a...
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RUSSIA: FORMER KGB BODYGUARD TAKES UP A CAREER IN ROCK MUSIC
English/Nat
The job of a bodyguard conjures up a mixture of secrecy and excitement.
With crime so rampant in Russia today, anyone with muscles is in the protection business.
But one man who's gone against that grain is the secret agent...
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Look ahead to mayoral elections in Winter Olympic city
Sochi - 22 April 2009
1. Wide of Sochi skyline
2. Wide tilt down Sochi 2014 Olympics advertisement
Vardane village, Sochi region - 23 April 2009
3. Wide of Sochi mayoral candidate Boris Nemtsov coming out of car, pan shakes hands with...
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Reax to death of Boris Yeltsin, analyst and voxpops
FILE - Moscow, 19 August, 1991
1. Former Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, walking with officials
2. Yeltsin getting up onto tank
3. Yeltsin addressing people
FILE - Moscow, 21 August, 1991
4. Wide of people chanting Yeltsin's name...
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First post-Soviet president's body returned to Georgia for burial
1. Wide shot of the house of Georgia's late president Zviad Gamsakhurdia, with people outside
2. Patriarch Ilia II, Patriarch of Georgia, entering the house
3. Interior, coffin with flowers, priests, mourners
4. Teenage mourners,...
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US and Russia exchange ratified START nuclear arms treaty
1. Wide of podium during news conference
2. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arriving
3. Cutaway of media
4. Clinton and Lavrov signing START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
5. Cutaway...