In a dramatic climax to the coup of Monday, August 19 , in Moscow , the hard-liners who took power were forced to capitulate yesterday by protesters and a determined Defense Ministry led by Boris Yeltsin , the president of Moscow . Mr. Bush went ashore and took the call in the bedroom of his home, with Barbara Bush at his side. He seemed to tower over the hard-liners during the standoff and now emerges easily as the most powerful man in the nation. Boris Yeltsin returned to Russia 4 a.m. from the Crimea where he was under house arrest during the coup. His future role in bringing about stability is uncertain given public opinion that Gorbachev himself created the possibilities for the coup.
In a dramatic climax to the coup of Monday, August 19 , in Moscow , the hard-liners who took power were forced to capitulate yesterday by protesters and a determined Defense Ministry led by Boris Yeltsin , the president of Moscow . He seemed to tower over the hard-liners during the standoff and now emerges easily as the most powerful man in the nation. Boris Yeltsin returned to Russia 4 a.m. from the Crimea where he was under house arrest during the coup. His future role in bringing about stability is uncertain given public opinion that Gorbachev himself created the possibilities for the coup.