Vesti Television Program Summary - 2 June 1991

This document is a summary of the 'Vesti' television program broadcast by the Moscow Russian television network on June 2, 1991. The program, presented by Yuriy Rostov, covered a variety of domestic and international news items. Domestic coverage included a report on the commemoration of the 1962 shooting of protesting workers in Novocherkassk, a factory meeting in Mordova supporting Yeltsin, and Rutskoy attending a memorial opening in Barnaul. International news segments covered the publication of a photograph of Gandhi's assassin in India, the Bessmertnykh-Baker talks, Dan Quayle's European tour, and political developments in Albania and Ethiopia. The program also featured a report on the Pope's visit to Poland, a hurricane in Bangladesh, and US nuclear power plant safety figures provided by TASS. A segment on economic achievements included a film regarding the Kyshtym nuclear incident from 34 years prior. Notably, the program included a humorous video report from Astrakhan, which was allegedly visited frequently by flying saucers, and a report on a Moscow suburb where residents were observed drinking beer from glass jars at a railway station.