OpenDemocracy.net publishes – here [1], here [2] and here [3] – excerpts from the August 1991 diary of Rodric Braithwaite, who was the British Ambassador in the Soviet Union back then.
Russia: Ex-UK Ambassador's Diary of 5 Days in August 1991
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, History, International Relations, Politics, Protest