food even hard to come by. the economic system was breaking down. in a country accustomed to shortages, people are saying they ve never had it so bad. hardliners did not like the tone of reforms introduced by gorbachev. gorbachev s reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and actually they had exactly the opposite effect. you couldn t reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn t willing or able to do that. so it was only a matter of time before the old establishment were going to try to get rid of him. mr. gorbachev s message calling for national unity has fallen on deaf ears. it s difficult for outsiders to capture the maelstrom that gorbachev was in. i remember being with him when i was traveling with president bush. he was depleted by what he had had to deal with on every level.
it is the beginning of civil war. extraordinary drama in moscow tonight. scenes of destruction, of fire, even of blood on the streets. four people died, shot or crushed by armored vehicles. speculation he s being held in moscow, at least 50,000 people gathered at the russian parliament building. gorbachev wasn t that popular at that point, but these people were even less popular than gorbachev. if they mounted a coup in 1989 or early 1990, he might have fallen and the new soviet union would have been quite different. but there were already new legitimate figures that the russian people were supporting and were expecting a lot from. around 50,000 supporters of boris yeltsin gathered to chant their support for the man who is now carrying the battered banner of liberal reform. boris yeltsin had been popularly elected as president of the russian federation. he was emerging as an
feel better. shevardnadze warned today that the right wing coup would have tragic consequences. it is the beginning of civil war. extraordinary drama in moscow tonight. scenes of destruction, of fire, even of blood on the streets. four people died it, crushed by armored vehicles. speculation he s being held in moscow, 50,000 people gathered at the russian parliament building. gorbachev wasn t that popular at that point, but these people were even less popular than gov chev. if they mounted a coup in 1989 or early 1990, he might have fallen and the new soviet union would have been quite different. but there were already new legitimate figures that the russian people were supporting and were expecting a lot from. around 50,000 supporters of boris yeltsin gathered to chant their support for the man who is now carrying the battered banner
consumer goods harder to find. food even hard to come by. the economic system was breaking down. in a country accustomed to shortages, people are saying they ve never had it so bad. hardliners did not like the tone of reforms introduced by gorbachev. gorbachev s reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and actually they had exactly the opposite effect. you couldn t reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn t willing or able to do that. so it was only a matter of time before the old establishment were going to try to get rid of him. his message calling for national unity has fallen on deaf ears. it s difficult for outsiders to capture the maelstrom that gorbachev was in. i remember being with him when i was traveling with president bush. he was depleted by what he had had to deal with on every level. it was a parade that was
he s in a safe place. except he needs some time to feel better. shevardnadze warned today that the right wing coup would have tragic consequences. it is the beginning of civil war. extraordinary drama in moscow tonight. scenes of destruction, of fire, even of blood on the streets. four people died, shot or crushed by armored vehicles. speculation he s being held in moscow, at least 50,000 people gathered at the russian parliament building. gorbachev wasn t that popular at that point, but these people were even less popular than gorbachev. if they mounted a coup in 1989 or early 1990, he might have fallen and the new soviet union would have been quite different. but there were already new legitimate figures that the russian people were supporting and were expecting a lot from. around 50,000 supporters of