1994 Photo Contest, Spot News, 2nd prize
Photographer

Edward Opp

Primus Photo Agency

04 October, 1993

Rebels, some of them injured, begin to evacuate their occupation of the White House. The power struggle between the legislature, led by Ruslan Khasbulatov and Aleksandr Rutskoi, and President Yeltsin came to a head when Yeltsin dissolved parliament on September 21. As the world looked on, rebels barricaded themselves in the White House parliament building, where they installed Rutskoi as their new president. Barricades were erected on Moscow's main street. When soldiers and tanks appeared on the scene, they became targets for sniper fire from the White House. Storm troops reclaiming the White House for Yeltsin found more than 40 bodies.

About the photographer

Edward Opp

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