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This Central Intelligence Agency release carries an unclassified FBIS summary of the "Vid" variety program, broadcast on Moscow Central Television on 25 January 1991 and presented by Igor Kirillov. Most items cover Soviet economic topics, including the withdrawal of large-denomination banknotes, market reform, ownership and business ventures. An "Eldorado" segment includes an Ufa resident claiming to have seen extraterrestrial life-forms linked to the "Perm Triangle", a Moscow artist with a UFO photograph, and a scientist's "parallel world" theory.
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# UNCLAS 3Z/PMU STV TAB/MOSTV VIDEO
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UNCLAS 3Z/PMU STV TAB/MOSTV VIDEO
WARNING: ABOO -- DUE TO COPYRIGHT OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS, THIS ITEM IS INTENDED FOR USE ONLY BY U.S. GOVERNMENT CONSUMERS.
WARNING: A VIDEOTAPE OF THE NEWSCAST SUMMARIZED BELOW CAN BE ORDERED FROM THE FBIS TV CENTER. VIDEOTAPES MAY BE ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM FBIS BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS: AND IN VIRGINIA TAPES NOT
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SERIAL: LD2801120191
PASS: ATTN USIS MOSCOW
ATTN TV CENTER
COPY TO MOD(2), (3)
COUNTRY: USSR
SUBJ: TELEVISION PROGRAM SUMMARY 251640 : MOS 91 - 5088
SOURCE: MOSCOW CENTRAL TELEVISION FIRST PROGRAM NETWORK IN RUSSIAN 1640 GMT 25 JAN 91
//((("VID" (VIEW AND OTHERS) VARIETY PROGRAM; RECEPTION GOOD; FIGURES IN PARENTHESES INDICATE TIME IN MINS/SECS SINCE START OF PROGRAM))
"VID" PROGRAM, PRESENTED BY IGOR KIRILLOV, 1640-2109 GMT
1. (0030) INTRODUCING THE PROGRAM, KIRILLOV REFERS TO THE "STATE OF SHOCK" EXPERIENCED BY MANY PEOPLE IN THE LAST 3 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF LARGE-DENOMINATION BANKNOTES. HE SAYS: WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO COMBAT INFLATION AND CORRUPTION, BUT IN THIS CASE THE MEASURES WERE PERHAPS NOT EXCETLY IN KEEPING WITH THE AIM OF THE EXERCISE. THEY HAVE EVEN AFFECTED THE HEALTH OF OLD AND SICK PEOPLE, VETERANS, AND OTHERS. THEY HAVE ALSO GIVEN RISE TO ALL MANNER OF RUMORS AND APPREHENSIONS, NOT ALL OF THEM UNFOUNDED. THE MATTER THEREFORE REQUIRES CAREFUL ANALYSIS, SOMETHING THE "PROGRAM 500" INTENDS TO DO NEXT FRIDAY, ON 1 FEBRUARY.
2. (0215) "PROGRAM 500" FEATURE, PRESENTED BY PETR DMITRIYEV: OVER VIDEO OF VARIOUS GROUPS OF WORKERS, MILITIAMEN, AND MEDICS RELAXING BETWEEN SHIFTS, THE NARRATOR NOTES THE APPOINTMENT OF PAVLOV AS PRIME MINISTER AND WONDERS HOW THE TRANSITION TO THE MARKET ECONOMY WILL DEVELOP. HE SAYS THAT THE CATEGORY OF "UNEMPLOYED PERSON" HAS NOW ACQUIRED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION, ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TEMPORARY WORK ABROAD.
3. (0430) NARRATOR DISCUSSES NEW NOTIONS OF OWNERSHIP. IN AN INTERVIEW, ALEKSANDR KRASNOSELSKIY, STAFFER AT AN ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE ATTACHED TO THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, EXPLAINS THE THEORY OF HANDING OVER STATE PROPERTY TO THE PEOPLE AND OF WHO WILL BE ENTITLED TO HOLD DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTY.
4. (0550) "POSTFAKTUM" ITEM ON STATISTICAL DATA RELATING TO THE RETAIL MARKET IN RUSSIA LAST YEAR.
5. (0640) ITEM ON A SOVIET-U.S. MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SHOWS LECTURE IN PROGRESS, THEN BRIEF COMMENTS ON THE CONCEPT OF BUSINESS FROM SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
6. (0730) VIDEO SHOWS PRESENTATION ON THE STATE OF THE USSR ECONOMY, PREPARED BY STOCK MARKET ASSOCIATION FOR THE USSR AND UNION REPUBLIC UNCLAS 3Z/PMU STV TAR MOSTV VIDEO.
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