The face of Soviet television began to change rapidly in the late 1980s.
Soviet television no longer ignores the war, but even reports on casualties.
A report on Soviet television this week quoted the astronauts as saying that they would stay up "many months."
A videotape of the incident was broadcast on Soviet television the next evening.
Soviet television said that more than $100 million in cash, medicine and other goods was raised.
Soviet television said at least 37 people have died since rioting began on Sunday.
Soviet television reported last year that it was producing and selling personal computers.
He became famous in 1989 after several of his sessions with patients were shown on Soviet television.
Soviet television reported several thousand participants, while Western reporters estimated the crowd at up to 200,000.
The very look of Soviet television has changed, too.