In Pravda newspaper, a writer identified as Vinogradov personally congratulated the astronauts on their mission
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THREAD: In honour of
#Apollo50th
, a look at how the
#Moon
landing was reported in the USSR and elsewhere
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On Radio Moscow's home service, Vladimir Tregubov saluted the astronauts and the Soviet pioneers of space exploration.
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Pravda also rebuked President Nixon for saying people in the USSR had not seen the moon landing on TV.
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Radio Moscow's services to Africa, Latin America and Asia told listeners of their "unintended and uncomprehended contribution" to the
#Apollo11
mission
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Records from the Far East on the day after the
#MoonLanding
show a new naming trend in Japan, but no mention of
#Apollo11
in China, North Korea or North Vietnam.
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This report from Indonesia on 21st July 1969 reminds us that the world was beset by conflict when man went to the Moon.
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North Vietnamese media first reported the
#MoonLanding
on 26th July 1969, but praised Soviet ingenuity for advances in space exploration.
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