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Yanayev on Gorbachev after deposing him (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
After Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed, new leader and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, speaking to press through an interpreter, says Gorbachev is just very tired and needs time to...
Aid to USSR suspended after Gorbachev deposed (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
US President George H W Bush after Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed saying not only the United States but Europe as well will put aid to the USSR on hold.
John Major after Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister John Major says, at Downing Street, ousting of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is a good old fashioned coup and the UK will coordinate responses with other Western countries.
Claims Gorbachev deposed due to ill-health (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Moscow Radio reports on words of new Soviet President and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev who has insisted Mikhail Gorbachev was removed merely because of his ill-health and they will work together...
Grand Prix driver sprays CS gas in taxi drivers face (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Cabbie Eric Court recounts the incident where Bertrand Gachot sprayed CS gas in his face, after a row over a traffic accident at Hyde Park Corner. French Grand Prix driver Gachot was given 18 months in...
Frederick the Great reburied alongside his greyhounds (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Catherine Field reports from Potsdam on the ceremonial reburial of Prussian King Frederick the Great 205 years after his death alongside his beloved 13 greyhounds on the terrace of Sanssouci Palace...
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...
John McCarthy thanks well-wishers (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Freed hostage John McCarthy saying thank you, in presence of press, to the thousands of well-wishers who have sent him cards and presents at RAF Lyneham where he has been recuperating. He reads out cards...
Inflation falls but other figures gloomy (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
From Westminster Paul Rowley reports on genreally gloomy economic figures but a reduction in inflation. Financial Secretary Francis Maude is cautiously optimistic of economic recovery. Opposition parties are...
Troubled history of the RUC (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Karen English looks back on the troubled history of the Northern Ireland police force, the RUC. Includes RUC Chief Constable Hugh Annesley on RUC recruitment and having to wear protecticve clothing and...