Location:
Moscow, , Russia
Post Date:
Aug 17, 2011 2:00 AM
TAG ID:
abausaphotos540822
(RM)
Credit:
Korotayev Artyom/Itar-Tass/ABACA/Newscom
Format:
1987 x 3000 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Korotayev Artyom
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, covers his mouth with a handkerchief during a press conference at the Moscow office of Interfax news agency. The event marks the 20th anniversary of the 1991 coup-d'etat attempt by the USSR State Committee for the State of Emergency. Moscow, Russia, August 17, 2011. Photo by Artyom Korotayev/Itar-Tass/ABACAUSA.COM