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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hardline communists opposed to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms staged a coup in August 1991, but the putsch failed two days later and ultimately hastened the collapse of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin foes criticised Vladimir Putin on Sunday at events commemorating the defeat of a coup that hastened the 1991 Soviet collapse, saying the Russian president had reversed ...

MOSCOW – Few Russians are marking Friday’s 25th anniversary of a coup attempt which heralded the demise of the Soviet Union, a holiday ignored in official circles because of its revolutionary, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The world held its breath 30 years ago when a group of top Communist officials ousted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and flooded Moscow with tanks. But instead of bringing a rollback of ...

MOSCOW Several dozen Russians gathered on Friday for a protest reunion to mark the 25th anniversary of a coup attempt which heralded the demise of the Soviet Union, a holiday ignored in official ...

Editor’s note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a ...

MOSCOW -- Russia marked the 10th anniversary of the failed coup that fatally wounded the Soviet Union with more reflection than celebration yesterday, with demonstrators gathering at the site where ...

MOSCOW -- Valentin Pavlov, 66, a former Soviet prime minister who helped lead the failed hard-line coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, died here March 30. The cause of death was not reported. Mr.