Radio War Nerd EP 262 — Yeltsin's 1993 Coup, Part 3: The Massacres

Recorded January 8, 2021 In part 3 of our RWN series on Boris Yeltsin's US-backed coup in 1993, we look at the bloody coup as it unfolded on October 3-4, and Ames' disturbing memories of those bitter days. First - after a brief introduction by Zombie Yeltsin, the War Nerd and Ames discuss what passes for a coup attempt in Trump America... At 29:00 - we look back at October 3, 1993, and all the many ways Boris Yeltsin pushed his legal coup against Russia's democratically-elected parliament, into a 2-day bloodbath that he was able to blame on his parliament... Check out the rest of our RWN series on Yeltsin's 1993 coup: Part I (EP #260) and Part II (EP #261). Total time: 2:00:37 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here