Moscow News Network
Oleg Baklanov Reveals 1991 Attempted Coup
Tashkent, Turkestani SFSR
According to Baklanov's testimony, the plan was for Vice President Yanayev and the other 7 members to arrest President Gorbachev and create a committee to "secure stability in the USSR". He was reportedly swooned by Yanayev's hardline stance about Communism.
Balkanov has not been arrested, as the coup attempt was a failure. Former President Gorbachev and current President Lebedev have expressed their disappointment, but Gorbachev has said that "he suspected a plan" and that "a plane visit was strange at that hour".