LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

USSR declared dead by main republics

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; News bulletin

TX Date

9 Dec 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:18

Description

8.00am IRN news bulletin for 09/12/91 read by Sarah Lockett focusing on the official breakup of the Soviet Union after being declared dead by the three republics which contain three-quarters of its people. Russia, the Ukraine, and Belorussia (Belarus) have signed an agreement creating a commonwealth of independent states in opposition to President Mikhail Gorbachev’s Union treaty. Includes report from Moscow by Sue Jameson; press statement by US Secretary of State, James Baker.

Contributors

Sue Jameson; James Baker; Sarah Lockett

Keywords

Revolutions; Russia; USSR; International relations; Heads of state; Belarus; Ukraine; Mikhail Gorbachev; CIS countries; Political crises

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