Rally in Moscow

Title

Rally in Moscow

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

5 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Report by Moscow correspondent, Sue Jameson, from outside the Kremlin, on a demonstration calling for democratic reform within the Soviet Union prior to a meeting of the Communist Party to discuss their role in society. Includes speech by Boris Yeltsin and crowds heard chanting. Broadcast on the Brian Widlake breakfast programme on LBC Crown FM.

Contributors

Sue Jameson; LBC Crown FM; Boris Yeltsin

Keywords

Political demonstrations; Russia; USSR; Political systems; Communist Party; Political parties; Civil and political rights; Democracy; Boris Yeltsin; Mikhail Gorbachev

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