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Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)

Genre

News report

Report from an unidentified speaker on Moscow Radio English service describing clashes between protesters and tanks of those attempting a coup outside the Parliament in Moscow which left several protesters...

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Sportsman pulls out of Moscow Olympics in political protest - nd [1980]

An interview with a sportsman who has decided to pull out of Moscow Olympics this year. He decided not to go to Russia as a protest against the invasion of Afganistan. [Box 2]

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Closing of the Moscow summit (1988)

Genre

News report; Speech

John Alcock? reports on the end of the Moscow superpower summit with speeches to press at Moscow Airport (as Reagan was about to leave) by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev...

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Journalists’ views on Moscow summit (1988)

Genre

Vox pop

John Alcock conducts a vox pop of journalists who covered the Moscow superpower summit on its success and their experiences. Audio muffled in places.

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Radio Moscow reports death of Leonid Brezhnev (1982)

Genre

News report

Radio Moscow announces the death of Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev (10/11/82). Announcement is in English. Male reporter not identified.

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Anti-KGB protests in Moscow (1991)

Genre

News report

Sue Jameson reports from outside the KGB headquarters in Moscow where protesters are threatening to storm its Lubyanka building in spite of warnings of possible bloodshed from the authorities.

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US allegations of bugging at embassy in Moscow (1978)

Genre

News report

Chris Catlin(?) reports on Soviet complaints about the behaviour of US Embassy staff in Moscow during or following a bugging scare.

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Andrei Sakharov arrested in Moscow (1980)

Genre

News report

Report on the arrest of the Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Andrei Sakharov in Moscow. Female reporter not identified (poss. Judith Dawson?).

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Moscow demonstration halted by KGB (1987)

Genre

News report

Report from Moscow by Martin Walker, on a demonstration on behalf of imprisoned Jewish dissident, Josef Begun, which was broken up by KGB officials. He and other journalists witnessed the stronghanded tactics.

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Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Eyewitness and local journalist Veronica Khilchiskia(?) describes the attempts by the public to prevent a coup on the Moscow Parliament where Russian President Boris Yeltsin is barricaded in and on which...

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