In the wake of the aborted Soviet coup, the three republics have moved boldly to control of their territories.

Two days after the aborted coup in Moscow last August, the inspectors carried out a scheduled rotation of team members.

Also crucial to the causes of the aborted coup was a deteriorating economy whose major victims were the urban youth in particular.

Details of the aborted coup are being given in Indian newspapers by reporters who have spoken to the detained men, but much is still unknown.

But many stores and offices opened for the first time since an aborted coup eight days ago evolved into the army rebellion.

On 3 September, the aborted coup was sensationalised by the Russian press.

Most of those same soldiers supported an aborted coup on Sunday that set off the crisis.

The new Union treaty whose signing was interrupted by the aborted coup explicitly declares that membership is "voluntary."

The aborted coup was only the latest offense to be laid at the party's door by such speakers.

Besides, do we still believe that Kiev is less stable than Moscow after the recent aborted coup?