Tag: coup
member name: Charlie D.
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July 07, 2007 12:38 AM EDT --
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Mikhail Gorbachev reported under arrest, a committee removed him
and named as interim chief Vice President Gennadi Yanayev. The coup
has stunned the West, and brought calls for a general strike . . .
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July 07, 2007 12:21 AM EDT --
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Aleksandr Yakovlev was formally expelled from the CPSU yesterday. In
a statement after the action was taken, "Mr. Glasnost" reportedly
said that the Stalinists in the party were planning . . .
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July 07, 2007 12:52 AM EDT --
What follows is commentary and as much as I can offer of the
press conference offered by the "emergency committee" headed
by Gennadi Yanayev (a rather amazing and bizarre event).
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July 07, 2007 01:01 AM EDT --
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THe Soviet situation remains in flux. As I am cut off from the
networks, have no idea of what is being said at the computer
level, but it is 0630 in Moscow, and as yet, no word on whether
the . . .
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July 07, 2007 01:12 AM EDT --
This is a summary of the events of the USSR from a variety of sources
as best as I can read my notes.
Where to start ... OK, chronologically to the degree I can. This
morning, NPR reported that . . .
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July 07, 2007 01:36 AM EDT --
As our system was crashed from midnight to about 0830 this morning,
I could only sit on the sidelines, listen to news and think about the
events of the past few days. Here are a few reflections on the . . .
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July 07, 2007 02:09 AM EDT --
So much has happened in the past 48 hours that this report
does not pretend to cover all the ground it could.
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Today, a new power-sharing arrangement was announced in
Moscow, where Yeltsin . . .
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July 07, 2007 02:27 AM EDT --
"On the Remarks of George Kennan on McNeil/Lehrer 22 August, 1991"
I would preface this by saying that though about 85, Kennan
still stands as one of the premier Sovietologists in this . . .
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July 07, 2007 02:41 AM EDT --
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THe news continues to stun the brain, today's fall of the CPSU
and Gorbachev's resignation as General Secretary of the party
not even vaguely imaginable just a few months ago. . . .
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