Title

Claims Gorbachev deposed due to ill-health

Genre

Speech

TX Date

20 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:15

Description

Moscow Radio reports on words of new Soviet President and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev who has insisted Mikhail Gorbachev was removed merely because of his ill-health and they will work together after he recovers.

Contributors

Moscow Radio

Keywords

Revolutions; Health; USSR; Heads of state; Presidents; Political leaders; Mikhail Gorbachev; Gennady Yanayev

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