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The counter-revolution fails At the time when the Soviet empire was falling apart, Boris Yeltsin - who was then President of the Russian Federation - addressed the people of Moscow in a spirited speech against the Communist putschists from the top of an armoured car, a speech broadcast not by Soviet Radio (which was in the hands of the old Communists) but via CNN satellite. Read the first page
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