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World War II veteran Lev Yatsevich, 92, salutes as he waits for other participants of an event marking the anniversary of the failed August 1991 hard-line coup outside the former Russian parliament building, which now houses Russian Cabinet, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, August 20, 2019. The coup, which briefly ousted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)
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