Soviet Coup 1991: Day Two - ABC News (full broadcast) - August 20

Опубликовано: 08 Декабрь 2018
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Tanks in the streets and shots in the night as Boris Yeltsin becomes central symbol of resistance. President Bush stands with Yeltsin and Gorbachev. A column of tanks is confronted by a small crowd defying the military curfew. Gorbachev is under house arrest along the Black Sea. Tens of thousands of citizens surround the Russian Federation Building. Other Republics declare the coup illegal and coal miners go on strike. US President Bush talks about his phone conversation with Yeltsin and praises his courage, cannot reach Gorbachev, and keeps in close touch with the European Community. Analyst talks about new importance of the Soviet public. Then-professor Condoleezza Rice of Stanford provides analysis of the coup and discusses risk of civil war. APC's blocked by the public on their way to Russian parliament. Mixed messages are broadcast on Soviet TV. ABC's Diane Sawyer is allowed inside the Russian Federation Building for fascinating account of what was going on inside and an exclusive interview with the barricaded Boris Yeltsin and his advisors. Yeltsin tells her: "We are not leaving the battlefield" and "Don't write any obituaries about us, we're not dead yet."