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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 PRESIDENTS. THE NARRATOR ASKS, HOWEVER, WHETHER THE REPORT WILL ACTUALLY REACH THE PRESIDENT. MEANWHILE, THE RUSSIAN COMMODITIES EXCHANGE PLANS TO PUBLISH IT. 7. (0900) INTERVIEW WITH HEAD OF CLOTHING CONCERN IMPORTING U.S. JEANS AND JACKETS, COMPARING PRICES. 8. (1015) "LESSONS OF THE MARKET" FEATURE ON SOVIET-SPANISH MEAT AND SAUSAGE ENTERPRISE, SHOWING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS. IT IS NOTED THAT A CONTRACT WITH THE BALTIC REPUBLICS WAS BROKEN OFF "FOR REASONS BEYOND THE FACTORY'S CONTROL." 9. (1230) ADVERTS FOR INKOM BANK; "SEMIGOR" COMPUTER COMPANY; USSR U.S. "DIALOG" COMPUTER CONCERN; "SEMIGOR" COMPANY. "VID" INTERRUPTED AT 1653 GMT FOR CARTOONS AND THE VREMYA NEWSCAST (VREMYA FILED AS LD2601001791 PROGRAM SUMMARY 251800: MOS 91-5081) "VID" RESUMES AT 1905 GMT 10. (02.25) KIRILLOV INTRODUCES THE "ELDORADO" PROGRAM, PREFACING IT WITH WARNING ABOUT THE NEED TO CHECK OUT THE RELIABILITY OF SUCH REPORTS. 11. (02.28) CLIP FROM JAPANESE TV SHOWS MAN WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS WITHOUT INJURY. 12. (02.35) A DOCTOR RECOMMENDS UNORTHODOX TREATMENT FOR BRONCHITIS SUFFERER, INVOLVING THE INHALATION OF AEROSOL PREPARATIONS. 13. (02.41) JAPANESE TV CLIP SHOWS MAN TIED WITH TWISTED WIRE WITHOUT LACERATING HIMSELF. 14. (02.43) INTERVIEW WITH UFA RESIDENT WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE-FORMS THOUGHT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE "PERM TRIANGLE". 15. (02.54) JAPANESE TV CLIP SHOWS MAN BREAKING ROCKS WITH HIS BARE HANDS. 16. (02.55) INTERVIEW WITH MOSCOW ARTIST WHO HAS PHOTOGRAPH OF A UFO. 17. (03.02) STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH SCIENTIST ON HIS THEORY OF "PARALLEL WORLD". 18. (03.10) JAPANESE TV CLIP SHOWS FEAT OF SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH. 19. (03.11) VIDEO REPORT ON SOVIET BOY WHO SHOWS HOW HE READS WITH HIS HANDS WHILE CLINICIATED 19. (03.11) VIDEO REPORT ON SOVIET BOY WHO SHOWS HOW HE READS WITH HIS HANDS WHILE BLINDFOLDED. HE AND A "PEOPLE'S HEALER" DEMONSTRATE THE CURING OF A CASE OF DEAFNESS. REPORT ENDS WITH INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF THOSE CURED BY SIMILAR TECHNIQUES. 20. (03.26) ADVERTS. 21. (03.29) KIRILLOV INTRODUCES MTV TOP TWENTY. 22. KIRILLOV SIGNS OFF AT 2109 GMT, SAYING HE HOPES VIEWERS WILL JOIN HIM NEXT WEEK. NOTE THAT THE "VZGLYAD" (VIEW) PROGRAM WAS NOT SHOWN AND NOT REFERRED TO IN THIS EDITION OF THE "VID" PROGRAM. THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE "SEVEN DAYS" PROGRAM PREVIEW MAGAZINE ON PAGE 18 UNDER THE HEADING "VZGLYAD PRESENTS" CARRIES A FEATURE WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE: "PROGRAM PRESENTER IVAN DEKUDOV WRITES - IF, HAVING COMPLIED WITH THE GOSTELERADIO LEADERSHIP S REQUIREMENTS, WE ACTUALLY MANAGE TO GET ON THE AIR ON 25 JANUARY, AND GOSTELERADIO FOR ITS PART MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, THEN NATURALLY THE FIRST EDITION FOLLOWING THE UNPLANNED BREAK WILL BE IN THE NATURE OF A REVIEW. IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY DEAL WITH QUESTIONS OF NO SMALL UNCLAS 3Z '1 MU STV TAB/MOSTV VIDEO
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