The president of the country was put under house arrest, and a state of emergency was introduced in Moscow. In 2011, by the 20th anniversary of the New Times coup, he devoted the main theme of the number to this event . Neither to decrease or add to the written then. The main conclusion of our then investigation - the KGB in its new reincarnation took power in the country today has become a banality that is an obvious topic for those who are monitoring Russia's policy 
On August 22, 1991, the country celebrated the victory: the putschists who dreamed of a gulaga with elements of a market economy were hopelessly - it seemed - they lost.
Why politically the most reactionary institution of Soviet power, the KGB, lost then, explains why we lost today, not noticing that the creeping coup had happened. At first, the guys in uniform went to the business, which was not bad, but then they took power to preserve their capital. It is enough to see who today heads the ministries and departments, and it becomes clear what sectors of the government and economics people with the training of the KGB and the belief that the barracks with a decent stall is the best choice for the territory they entrusted to them, attract them the most. Oil, natural resources, energy is, of course, sacred. Control over who to raise a barrier to, and for whom to close the cage is a tradition that is coming from the royal guard, not to mention the Soviet regime. Communication, media, culture, i.e. Communications between people, their brains and souls are also and again and again the sphere of close interest. The movement of money, especially from the country - well, how can it be without it: you need to cover your own, someone else’s, running into banks and offshores, track. Plus control of the civilian chiefs (from industrial to justice, etc.): so that not a step away. With a dozen ministers, at least 25 deputy ministers and heads of federal services and agencies, not to mention the government generals, an uncountable number of heads of departments, including those who are looking at the civil president, hundreds - from governors, advisers and observers in the regions - all these are people for whom the Chekist Day is a guarantee of personal impunity and wealth.
And who to blame, except for themselves?