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The battered banner of reform. >> boris yeltsin had been pop u larly elected as president of the russian federation. he was emerging as an alternative power to the communist party leaders. >> let me put on pli glasses and read you a piece of wire copy that has just come across on reuters. bor boris yeltsin has ordered all units involved in the overthrow of gorbachev to stand down and said he was assuming control on the territory of russia. clearly there's a major confrontation shaping up in the russian republic. >> the day began with a session of meetings and phone calls. among his conversatio...
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