one-on-one №54 11/07/1996 (1996)

The main topic of the conversation is resignations and revelations, causes and consequences.

The accusation of Shamil Tarpishchev in corruption and an attempt on the former head of the National Sports Foundation Boris Fedorov (published in Novaya Gazeta based on the transcript of an audio interview).

The guests of the program are the chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Physical Culture and Tourism Shamil Tarpishchev and the author of the article Alexander Minkin.

Act one.

Discussion of interviews and transcripts.

Sh. A. Tarpishchev insists on falsification of the material.

A. V. Minkin's counterarguments.

The political side of the matter.

Profile of Sh. A. Tarpishchev.

Act Two.

Activities of the National Sports Foundation and corruption of sponsored structures.

Continuation of the discussion of the interview and the political situation, quotes from the article.

Profile of A.V. Minkin.

Act three.

The rights and obligations of media employees, the moral and ethical side of the issue (on the examples of the activities of politicians and law-making).

A block of answers to questions from the audience in the studio.