Soviet coup failure aftermath

Title

Soviet coup failure aftermath

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

22 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Press conference with Soviet Ambassador to Great Britain Leonid Zamyatin outside the Foreign Office where he was delivering a personal message of thanks to Britain from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for their support during the coup attempt in the USSR and calling for economic aid to be restored by the G7 nations. Also comments on Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s actions during the coup.

Contributors

Leonid Zamyatin

Keywords

Revolutions; Politics; Government; UK; Great Britain; USSR; Foreign aid; Foreign Office; Boris Yeltsin; Mikhail Gorbachev; Economic aid

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