Communist protests in Moscow

Title

Communist protests in Moscow

Genre

News report

TX Date

24 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

Report on communist protests in Moscow against Russian President Boris Yeltsin over the decline of the economy, reduction in the strength of the army and decision to rename Armed Forces Day as Defence of the Fatherland Day. NATO Secretary General Manfred Worner is to meet with Yeltsin and Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Armed Forces Evgeniy Shaposhnikov on CIS armed forces issues. Report by Andrew Harding from Moscow.

Contributors

Andrew Harding

Keywords

Treaties; Political demonstrations; Armed forces; Economics; Political protests; Russia; NATO; Economic recession; Army; Communists; Moscow; Boris Yeltsin; CIS countries; Manfred Worner; Evgeniy Shaposhnikov

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