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This Central Intelligence Agency FBIS record, dated 14 March 1991, lists the video segments of the Soviet television program "Serving the Fatherland," broadcast on Moscow Central Television on 2 March 1991. Segments include an interview with People's Deputy Starovoytova on military conditions, and a profile of test pilot Marina Popovich. They also include a "Secret" feature on UFOs in which Popovich discusses their existence, an astrologer interview on aliens, and a report on the retirement of the cruiser Admiral Senyavin.
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UNCLAS 3Z/LD PMU TAB
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WARNING: FOOD -- 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 ORDERED WITHIN 30 DAYS WILL BE ERASED.
WARNING: ITEM 9 IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CONTAINS MATERIAL FOR THE VIDEO COMPILATION PROJECT
SERIAL: OW1403051291
PASS: ATTN TV CENTER/VIDEO NAVY
ATTN BBC RDSUP
COPY TO MOD (2)
COUNTRY: USSR
SUBJ: VIDEO SELECTION LIST: MOSCOW MOS 91-1085
SOURCE: MOSCOW CENTRAL TELEVISION FIRST PROGRAM AND ORBITA NETWORKS IN RUSSIAN 2230 GMT 2 MAR 91
//((("SERVING THE FATHERLAND" PROGRAM; GOOD RECEPTION; FIGURES IN PARENTHESES INDICATE TIME IN MINS/SECS SINCE START OF PROGRAM))
1. (0010) ITEM ON DEEP DIVISIONS IN SOVIET SOCIETY ON POLITICAL DIRECTIONS, ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS. ROLE OF MEN AND WOMEN IN SOCIETY; VIDEO SHOTS OF CROWDED STREETS LINES.
2. (0123) PROGRAM PREVIEW.
3. (0227) YASHINA VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH USSR, RSFSR PEOPLE'S DEPUTY STAROVOYTOVA ON: HER CAREER, NEED FOR A PROFESSIONAL ARMY, POOR MILITARY SERVICE CONDITIONS, POOR CONDITIONS IN BAYKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN HOSPITALS UNDER MILITARY JURISDICTION, UNDESERVED PUBLIC LOW ESTEEM OF ARMY.
4. (0824) OPPOSITION TO USE OF ARMY IN INTERETHNIC CONFLICTS OUTLINED OVER VIDEO SHOTS OF BALTIC SKIRMISHES.
5. (0955) STAROVOYTOVA CONTINUES ON: STEPS NEEDED TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN MILITARY THROUGH IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN SOCIETY, ARMY REMAINING APOLITICAL, ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS, URGES WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE TO SHOW RESOLVE.
6. (1308) WOMEN SHOWING RESOLVE BY SERVING EQUALLY IN ARMED FORCES, SPACE PROGRAM; \IDEO SHOTS OF MIG-21'S IN AEROBATIC DISPLAY; ORIGINS, AMBITIONS, ACHI.VEMENTS OF TEST PILOT MARINA POPOVICH PROFILED.
7. (1607) "SECRET" FEATURE ON UFO'S; YASHINA VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS CHAIRMAN AND TEST PILOT POPOVICH ON EXISTENCE OF UFO'S.
8. (2605) SEGMENT REFLECTING ON MAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD SURROUNDING HIM, HIS INCREASING KNOWLEDGE HELPING TO DESTROY HIS ENVIRONMENT, MANY TROUBLES COULD BE AVOIDED IF MAN LEARNED TO COMMUNE WITH NATURE, FISH, BIRDS, STARS.
9. (2852) "BELIEVE IT OR NOT" INTERVIEW WITH ASTROLOGER TAMARA GLOBA ON: ALIENS' SEARCH FOR SOUL, SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION OF MAN, PRESENT TROUBLES IN USSR ERRORS IN SOME OF HER PREDICTIONS, INCLAS 3Z/LD PMU TAB
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