In August 1991, four months before the collapse of the Soviet union, president Mikhail Gorbachev survived a failed attempt by Communist hardliners to seize power to prevent the signature of a treaty granting a large degree of autonomy to the 15 republics that made up the USSR. With this event in mind, FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Douglas Herbert gives his analysis about the rebellion launched by the Russian mercenary group Wagner against Moscow.
