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I pose this question for 2 reasons: 1) the CIA has been known for supporting opposition groups abroad for decades, and 2) what happened in 1991...
New light shed on 1991 anti-Gorbachev coup
No love lost: Boris Yeltsin, left, and Mikhail Gorbachev never spoke after 1991
The rest of the article offers more details, but it is no secret that Yeltsin and Gorbachev were rivals, if not out-and-out enemies. It goes into detail on how Yeltsin exploited the coup attempt and actively colluded with the first Bush administration (and vice-versa) to replace Gorbachev, who was - at the time - attempting to liberalize the Soviet government, hence the coup attempt by rebelling Soviet organs. Mr Gorbachev had no choice but to resign. After six years in power, he stood down at the end of December 1991, just before the Soviet Union ceased its existence. He handed over all the relevant papers and authorities to Boris Yeltsin. The two men never spoke again.
To be clear, I'm not saying that the dissolution of the USSR was a bad thing - I've made clear many times I'm no supporter of communism - but it certainly looks like the whole thing was based on ulterior motives. Yeltsin turned out to be corrupt and instrumental in the corruption we see in the Kremlin today, nearly 30 years later.
And Vladimir V. Putin was his protege.
CONTD...
New light shed on 1991 anti-Gorbachev coup
No love lost: Boris Yeltsin, left, and Mikhail Gorbachev never spoke after 1991
President George Bush despatched Ambassador Matlock to the Kremlin to warn Mr Gorbachev that further violence would affect US-Soviet relations.
"He listened carefully," Matlock recalls. "And then he said: 'Jack, please explain to your president, this country is on the brink of civil war. And as president I must do all I can to prevent that. And that means I'm going to have to zig and zag. My goals are the same. Please reassure your president and help him understand'."
"When they finally put me through to Gorbachev, Yeltsin was already on the phone to Bush. So I told Mikhail Sergeyevich (Gorbachev) and he said: 'Can you imagine what the outside world will think of this?' In other words: 'You idiots for getting involved in this.' And I said, 'Well, actually, Yeltsin is speaking to President Bush right now.' On the other end of the phone there was a silence, and then Mr Gorbachev hung up."
The rest of the article offers more details, but it is no secret that Yeltsin and Gorbachev were rivals, if not out-and-out enemies. It goes into detail on how Yeltsin exploited the coup attempt and actively colluded with the first Bush administration (and vice-versa) to replace Gorbachev, who was - at the time - attempting to liberalize the Soviet government, hence the coup attempt by rebelling Soviet organs. Mr Gorbachev had no choice but to resign. After six years in power, he stood down at the end of December 1991, just before the Soviet Union ceased its existence. He handed over all the relevant papers and authorities to Boris Yeltsin. The two men never spoke again.
To be clear, I'm not saying that the dissolution of the USSR was a bad thing - I've made clear many times I'm no supporter of communism - but it certainly looks like the whole thing was based on ulterior motives. Yeltsin turned out to be corrupt and instrumental in the corruption we see in the Kremlin today, nearly 30 years later.
And Vladimir V. Putin was his protege.
CONTD...
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