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Feel better. >> shevardnadze warned today that the right wing coup would have tragic consequences. >> it is the beginning of civil war. >> extraordinary drama in moscow tonight. scenes of destruction, of fire, even of blood on the streets. >> four people died it, crushed by armored vehicles. >> speculation he's being held in moscow, 50,000 people gathered at the russian parliament building. >> gorbachev wasn't that popular at that point, but these people were even less popular than gov chev. if they mounted a coup in 1989 or early 1990, he might have fallen and the new soviet union would have ...