> A few minutes ago all israeli IRC suddenly stopped. Normal Internet connections to israel are still functioning correctly. This might very well be the end of israeli IRC
> Soviet media now under complete censorship. Only one official line in newspapers. Only one program lacking any information on TV. Bush demands return of Gorbachev to power. Bush warned to put off Baltic governments. Bush will not support any economical programmes. *Cameron* have there been any deaths or fighting, or anything related to. + Yeltsin or the Russian Federal Parliament?
-> *cameron* No. Yesterday in the evening there were warning shots into the. +air.
*Cameron* in the Baltics?
-> *cameron* No, in Moscow.
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> All over Moscow roadblocks being setup by people to stop further tank movements > [sorry. couldn’t listen to the 10 am news… was disturbed by a human asking me how to implement random generators:- (]
PLEASE STOP FLOODING THE ONLY NARROW CHANNEL WITH BOGUS MESSAGES. WITH SILLY QUESTIONS. NOTE THAT IT’S NEITHER A TOY NOR A MEAN TO. REACH TO YOUR RELATIVES OR FRIENDS. WE NEED THE BANDWIDTH TO HELP. TO ORGANIZE THE RESISTANCE, PLEASE, DO NOT (EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY). HELP THESE FASCISTS! BEFORE SENDING SOMETHING TO SOVIET UNION PLEASE. THINK TWICE (OR BETTER THRICE). THANK YOU! Vadim Antonov. DEMOS, Moscow, USSR <…>
> I am just from the demonstration. Yesterday the coup committee banned all the meetings and demonstrations. along with cut-off of all but nine Moscow newspapers. Today many papers were. published as leaflets and demonstrations did take place. The major one. had been scheduled to be held at Manezhnaya sq., next to Kremlin, but the square was blocked by armoured vehicles and soldiers (without. ammunition I dare believe). So that one demonstration and meeting started. at noon by the House of Soviets (Russian Parliament and current Yeltsin’s. residence), another — at Tverskaya str in front of. Moscow City Council (1 km from Kremlin). The latter joined the former. at appr 2 pm, totally some 100 thousand people attended (my estimation). Among spokesmen were President Yeltsin of Russia, the Veep Aleksander Rutskoy, former foreign minister Ed. Shevardnadze, former Gorbachev’s Chief Advisor Aleksander Yakovlev, retired KGB Gen. Oleg Kalugin and others. No attempts were made to dissolve. the meeting. It is still unknown where President Gorbachev is held. Rumors say he is. under arrest at Crimea resort Pharos or at the Navy base in Sevastopol. His. personal physician saw him on Saturday, when he was quite OK. The key objects of Moscow are occupied by troops supported by the tanks. and armoured cars, these squads do have ammunition. As I have just learned, the Extraordinary