Vremya and Vesti Report the Referendum
Soviet TV News Vremya vs. RSFSR TV News Vesti on the day before the Referendum
Description: The official Soviet nightly news broadcast Vremya reported the referendum as a triumph of Gorbachev's policies and Soviet democracy, and a reinvigoration of the Union. The newly established Russian TV news program Vesti, reporting the viewpoint of the Russian government and its leader Boris Eltsin, took the diametrically opposed point of view.