Mikhail Gorbachev resignation

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev resignation

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; News bulletin

TX Date

25 Dec 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:10

Description

Janey Mitchell 19:00 IRN news bulletin on the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Includes report from Andrew Harding in Moscow, with extracts from resignation speech. Also Tim Locke report on the Soviet leader’s rise and fall, with archive cuts from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Gorbachev.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Mikhail Gorbachev; Tim Locke; Andrew Harding; Janey Mitchell

Keywords

Russia; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Heads of state; Presidents; Resignation (political); Mikhail Gorbachev; CIS countries

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