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Former Estonian Leader Recalls How Failed Putsch Led To Restored Statehood


Former Estonian Leader Recalls How Failed Putsch Led To Restored Statehood
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Former Estonian leader Arnold Ruutel recalls how he seized the chaos caused by the August 1991 putsch in Moscow to restore his country's independence -- even as Soviet forces flooded in. "I was warned I could be arrested," he told RFE/RL's Anna Sous, "but that didn't stop me."

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