'The failure of the coup seems likely to accelerate the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and boost the authority of democratically elected leaders,' The Post reported at the time.
The presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the federal parliament, formally dissolved the self-proclaimed eight-man State of Emergency Committee, which announced Monday morning that it had seized power in the country, and a parliamentary official said legal proceedings have been initiated against its members, who included the country's vice president, defense minister, interior minister and state security chief.
Quoting an official Russian government spokesman, Interfax said three other members of the State of Emergency Committee were arrested after they arrived at Gorbachev's residence in the Crimea Wednesday in an attempt to speak with him: Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov, Deputy Security Council Chairman Oleg Baklanov and A.I. Tizyakov, head of the industrialists' union.
After regaining his freedom late Wednesday, Gorbachev phoned Yeltsin and leaders of other republics as well as President Bush to tell them the coup was over. In a statement read on Soviet television, Gorbachev told the nation that he was in full control and praised “the decisive actions of the democratic forces of the country” for restoring constitutional order. He added that the “adventurists” would be held fully responsible for their “unlawful actions.
By Wednesday morning, the coup leaders appeared to be trying to shift the blame for the fiasco onto one another. Prime Minister Pavlov complained to his deputies that he had received misleading information on Gorbachev's state of health from Yanayev. Yanayev, for his part, tried to pin most of the responsibility on Kryuchkov in telephone calls to Russian parliamentary speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov, according to Russian television.
Radio and television stations forced off the air by the junta began broadcasting again. A commentator on Radio Russia speculated on the punishment that would be meted out to the coup leaders. Attempts to overthrow the state are punishable by sentences ranging from 20 years in prison to death.
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