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Gorbachev and the Crimean Crimean Coup
Two days before the planned signing, Gorbachev is far away from Moscow. He's in his luxurious holiday home in the delightful Crimean coastal town of Phorros. A group of visitors hammer on the door demanding a meeting with him. They lay out their demands - he must declare state of emergency and assign power to vice president Gennady Janaev. But Gorbachev refuses; accuses them of blackmail and treachery. Now the coup attempt really swings into action. It seems just a matter of time until he and his wife, Ryser, are killed.
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