Today: discussions on the Middle East; progress on disarmament
A decision may be made in Moscow as early as today on whether to grant an exit visa to refusenik Yuli Kosharovsky
Gorbachev is “fed up” with the human-rights issue; he told Reagan at the dinner: “We want understanding—but no sermons and no interference in internal affairs”
□ Two agreements are expected to be signed on the way to dismantling the missiles □ “A comprehensive agreement to cut the missiles may be signed even before Reagan leaves the presidency”
A decision on granting an exit visa to refusenik Yuli Kosharovsky may be made in the coming days, and perhaps as early as today, said Shifter, the American assistant secretary of state who heads the human-rights committee at the Moscow summit.
It seems that human rights has become the main issue on the agenda of the Moscow summit. “Summit [illegible]
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The gala dinner in honor of President Reagan last night provided a rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the wives of Politburo members.
There was general agreement that the most elegant Russian woman at the dinner was, surprisingly, not Raisa Gorbachev but rather the wife of Igor Ligachev, the Kremlin’s chief ideologist, who is considered a hard-liner and an opponent of Gorbachev’s reforms.
It should be noted that all the wives were dressed in fashionable, expensive clothes, and none of them fit the “babushka” type of Russian leaders from the previous generation. Nevertheless, Western observers remarked, most of them were too full-figured for Western tastes.
But Nancy Reagan won the fashion contest, wearing a dress in her favorite color—red—and a gold necklace, along with heavy gold earrings.
Raisa wore a beautiful blue-brown blouse, but the experts said she was mistaken in pairing it with a dark-colored skirt. She also wore small earrings that were barely visible. Nancy and Raisa seemed to have made up with one another, smiled
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Television · 2011
Channel One correspondent reports from the heart of Tunisia’s revolution
Channel One reporter Gideon Kouts reports from Tunis in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution and the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s regime. He covers mass demonstrations against the unity government and their suppression by police, the crowd’s revenge on the Trabelsi family’s property, and an interview with Roger Bismuth, president of the Jewish community and a senator.
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