WORLD IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Yeltsin Says He Knew of Uprising Plans - Los Angeles Times
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WORLD IN BRIEF : RUSSIA : Yeltsin Says He Knew of Uprising Plans

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin said he was fully prepared for the October uprising by hard-liners that ended in bloodshed. In an interview on German television, Yeltsin said he decided to dissolve Parliament after he was informed radical opponents planned to initiate a revolt around Oct. 6-7. Hard-line lawmakers refused to disband, and their supporters staged street riots. Government troops and tanks crushed them Oct. 4.

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