INTERNATIONAL / RUSSIA EMRGERNCY VIDEO - Coup-de-fail: Last nail in Soviet Union's coffin

On August 19th twenty years ago Muscovites had tanks rolling past their windows as a state of emergency was imposed. A group of hard-line Communist officials attempted to seize power to prevent reforms that eventually led to the break-up of the Soviet Union. But as RT's Tom Barton reports, despite the dramatic events unfolding in the capital, many were being kept in the dark.

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