Sight №105 10.01.1997 (1997)

The presenters congratulate the viewers on the New Year.

A story about the life of Fidel Castro.

The program uses footage from national holidays, rallies, meetings with political leaders and the people, as well as footage from 1961. The presenters talk with the head of the Interfax agency Andrei Martynov and traveler Leonid Kruglov about Cuba.

Changes in the state system and their impact on people's living standards.

Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor, life outside of sports. L. Kruglov and A. Martynov about the peculiarities of Cuban culture.

Havana, filmed by Cuban television in December 1996: mass kneeling processions on Saint Lazarus Day. L. Kruglov's explanation of the holiday.

Deaf-mute Russian Roman Venkov in a Venezuelan correctional labor institution.

Deportation from Venezuela.

Passport control at the airport.

Filming in Moscow on December 15, 1996: meeting Roman at Sheremetyevo.

Interview with Roman and his sister Elena about traveling the world without a passport and means of subsistence.

Rituals of Cuban sorcerers: songs, dances, sacrifices (filming by Leonid Kruglov and Andrey Martynov).

Comments by L. Kruglov on the peculiarities of the national culture.

End of the interview with Roman and Elena.

Summing up the program.