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Editor Vitalli Korotych Discusses the Recent Coup in the U. S. S. R.

Editor Vitalli Korotych (Veh-tal-ee Ka-row-tich) of the reformist Soviet magazine, "Ogonyok" (AH-gone-yuck) He talks with Terry about his own questions about the coup, about the lessons learned from it, and about what he thinks should happen now.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 22, 1991: Interview with Ehud Sprinzak; Interview with Vitalii Korotych; Commentary on Diblo Dibala and Les Têtes Brulées and Zanzibar.
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The "Radical Right" in Israel.

Political Science professor Ehud Sprinzak (A-houd Sprin-zack) of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He talks with Terry about how the radical right in Israel is no longer a fringe group but a growing force in Israeli politics and life. His new book is, "The Ascendance of Israel's Radical Right," (Oxford University Press).

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