FBIS London UK - Moscow Consolidated 2 Apr 91

This document is a Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) report from London, dated April 2, 1991, summarizing the Moscow consolidated news broadcast. The report covers six main segments. The first segment details a press briefing by Vitaly Ignatenko regarding Mikhail Gorbachev's upcoming visit to Japan, a meeting between Gorbachev and Richard Nixon, and a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Krzysztof Bielecki, alongside discussions on Soviet arms sales to Syria. The second segment, titled 'Horizont,' covers Soviet citizens' expectations for the 3rd RSFSR Congress and environmental issues, including letters read by Marta Ramirez. The third segment, 'New Market,' discusses price increases in the USSR, compensation for bank account holders, and a 'farmer to farmer' project involving the Scottish Agricultural Training Board. The fourth segment, 'Update,' features Irina Semenova reporting on the RSFSR Congress, a parliamentary delegation's return from South Ossetia, and an interview with Andrey Rodinov regarding Soviet-Japanese economic cooperation. The final segment, 'Point of View,' includes Vsevolod Mikhaylov reporting on the sentencing of a French revisionist magazine publisher and Aleksandr Pogodin discussing the elimination of Warsaw Treaty military structures, followed by a brief mention of Belgian Foreign Minister Eyskens' statement.