Who killed the USSR: we name them

Film by Novaya Gazeta, hosted by Dmitry Muratov*

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It has been 33 years since Mikhail Gorbachev was removed from power, since the state of emergency was declared and since the new ruling body, the State Emergency Committee, was formed. The August putsch was the final point in the existence of the Soviet Union. Only a few people determined the future of the former republics, and now countries.

• But who were these people?

• How did a small microphone under a sandwich cart lead to the collapse of a large country?

• How did the USSR remain without a “red button” for 73 hours?

• How did the Prime Minister fall into unconsciousness?

Today on the Novaya Gazeta YouTube channel you will learn the answers not only to these questions, but also to the main one. Who killed the USSR: names, titles, addresses. Dmitry Muratov* names those who destroyed the country.

* Russian authorities consider him a "Foreign Agent"