Russia: 20 years since the Soviet coup

18 August 2011 Last updated at 02:07 ET Help

Twenty years ago this week hardline communists in Moscow launched a coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The coup failed and within weeks the USSR had fallen apart.

Steve Rosenberg reports on how Russia has changed since the demise of the Soviet empire.

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