Agence Vu
01 January, 1993
Dressed in combat fatigues, former Russian Vice President Alexandr Rutskoi cowers with his bodyguard on the floor of the White House parliament building. When Rutskoi's diverse following tried to seize power in early October, Yeltsin quashed the rebellion by sending in tanks.
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