Interview with Vladislav Listyev in the White House during the coup (1991)

Vitaly Urazhtsev gives an interview to Vladislav Listyev after his release from custody during the August putsch.

Abduction on the street and subsequent meeting with the head of the military-political department Vladimir Polevik and the vice-president of the USSR Gennady Yanayev.

Discussion of the arrest of Telman Gdlyan.

People walk along the corridor, greet V.G. Urazhtsev. V.G. Urazhtsev about his trip to inspect the city.

The population's reaction to the coup, the general mood of citizens.

Political views of the military.

Forecast of further events before the end of the putsch.

Undermining the time code. V.N. Listyev broadcasts the news from the White House radio room.

Nikita Mikhalkov and Aleksandr Lyubimov are at the microphone; Viktor Yaroshenko and Aleksandr Politkovsky are taking part in the broadcast. V.N.Listyev interviews N.S.Mikhalkov as he leaves the radio room: the director comments on his address to the citizens of Russia, discusses democracy and national self-awareness.

Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky on the economic aspects of the new Russia.

Undermining the time code.

Continuation of the interview: G.A.Yavlinsky reads a critical statement addressed to the members of the State Emergency Committee and their program "Saving the Fatherland".

Preliminary forecast of the development of events.

Undermining the time code.

People in the lobby, boxes with military uniforms and gas masks.