35 years ago, the so-called August Putsch began in Moscow. It was perhaps the last attempt by some communists to stop the ongoing reforms and the collapse of the Soviet Union. LRT talks to Yuri Felshtinsky, a Russian-born American historian, about what awaited Russia after these events and what is happening in the country today.
35 years ago, the so-called August Putsch began in Moscow. It was perhaps the last attempt by some communists to stop the ongoing reforms and the collapse of the Soviet Union. LRT talks to Yuri Felshtinsky, a Russian-born American historian, about what awaited Russia after these events and what is happening in the country today.