Russia: Information on whether supporters of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR and their families were subject to persecution
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS15102 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on whether supporters of the State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR and their families were subject to persecution, 1 August 1993, RUS15102, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac8218.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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The State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR was the covername used by the leaders of the 9 August 1991 failed attempt to replace Mikhail Gorbachev as the head of the Soviet Union (RFE/RL 30 Aug. 1991, 1). According to the Los Angeles Times, twelve of the coup plotters were to stand trial before a military tribunal of Russia's Supreme Court on 14 April 1993 (27 Jan. 1993). All of the defendants were to remain in their cities of residence until the trial, in conformity with the terms of their conditional release (Ibid.). The trial was suspended on 14 April 1993 after one of the accused suffered a heart attack (AFP 5 May 1993). Some of the accused took part in the 1 May 1993 pro-communist demonstrations in the capital, in breach of their bail conditions (Ibid.).
No additional and/or corroborating information on this topic is currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 5 May 1993. "Moscow Demo Ban, Call for Coup Plotters' Jailing After May 1 Riot." (NEXIS)
Los Angeles Times. 27 January 1993. Home Edition. Richard Boudreaux. "12 Soviet Coup Plotters to Stand Trial in April." (NEXIS)
RFE/RL Research Institute. 30 August 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. Vol. 3, No. 35. Elizabeth Teague. "Coup d'Etat Represented Naked Interests."
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Agence France Presse (AFP). 5 May 1993. "Moscow Demo Ban, Call for Coup Plotters' Jailing After May 1 Riot." (NEXIS)
Los Angeles Times. 27 January 1993. Home Edition. Richard Boudreaux. "12 Soviet Coup Plotters to Stand Trial in April." (NEXIS)
RFE/RL Research Institute. 30 August 1991. Report on the USSR [Munich]. Vol. 3, No. 35. Elizabeth Teague. "Coup d'Etat Represented Naked Interests."
