Soviet dissident speaks of harassment

Title

Soviet dissident speaks of harassment

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

Sergei Losov(?), an editor of Russia’s only dissident weekly paper the Express Chronicle, meets reporter John Alcock for an interview that may result in his job loss, as the superpower summit in Moscow is underway. Speaks on the harassment the rebels must endure, but says since Mikhail Gorbachev took power life has improved.

Contributors

John Alcock; Sergei Losov(?)

Keywords

USSR; Political reform; Civil and political rights; Emigration; Political dissenters; Moscow; Mikhail Gorbachev; Glasnost

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