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79 results found for '"Boris Yeltsin"' in Keywords.
Rally in Moscow (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
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...
Brian Hayes show (1990)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; Phone-in; Talk show; Trailer
Brian Hayes talk show. Includes phone-in with the public on prayer, poll tax (community charge) and bus shelters; interviews with Ann Leslie of the Daily Mail following her article The Rivals about Boris...
Boris Yeltsin visits England (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Boris Yeltsin’s visit to England, including his meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. In a press conference, Yeltsin talks (via an interpreter) about Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev,...
Mikhail Gorbachev’s reign (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Special
Report following the break up of the Soviet Union on the reign of its President Mikhail Gorbachev who influenced world history through his reforms of glasnost and perestroika and disarmament. Includes...
Douglas Hurd visits Moscow (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd on a visit to Moscow during a period of political upheaval in the Soviet Union prior to democratic elections in the country. He talks about his...
Soviet opposition to coup grows (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Tim Locke reports on Soviet opposition to the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev growing, rallying round Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the West removing aid to the USSR, rumours of an open...
Look back at USSR coup (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Music
Montage set to music of the coup on the Soviet Government leading to the break up of the Soviet Union. Speakers include people on the streets in the USSR; US President George H W Bush; former Prime Ministers...
John Major on Soviet coup (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Prime Minister John Major gives a press statement from 10 Downing Street on the coup in the Soviet Union which saw the current regime overthrown, and relays a statement from Russian President Boris Yeltsin...
Yeltsin on Soviet coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Part of television broadcast by Russian President Boris Yeltsin (through interpreter) calling for support against the political coup attempt against his Government which he says would see the Soviet people...
Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Eyewitness and local journalist Veronica Khilchiskia(?) describes the attempts by the public to prevent a coup on the Moscow Parliament where Russian President Boris Yeltsin is barricaded in and on which...