25 years on, Russians tell of how they defeated a coup
by Nataliya Vasilyeva

The Associated Press    Translate This Article
17 August 2016

On 17 August 2016 The Associated Press reported: On August 19, 1991, a group of eight senior hard-line Communist leaders, including the KGB chairman, had seized power from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, declaring that Gorbachev was unable to continue as head of the party due to illness. In fact, Gorbachev was under arrest and the 'Gang of Eight' intended to roll back his reformist policies of glasnost and perestroika, which they believed had set the Soviet Union on a path of disaster. For a few days, the fate of the superpower hung in the balance. As the 25th anniversary of the August Coup draws near this Friday, The Associated Press has talked to participants and witnesses of those critical days when Muscovites turned out to defend the spirit of democracy that Gorbachev had unleashed, and many Soviet officers defied their orders and sided with the people, ensuring that that the plotters failed. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of world peace and government, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

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