Leaders of Coup Against Gorbachev Facing New Trial
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MOSCOW — Although the alleged leaders of the 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail S. Gorbachev apparently can’t be punished, Russia’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that they must stand trial, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
The dozen men--who once had been among the most powerful in the Kremlin--were having their cases heard by a military court. But the court stopped their trial last week after the national Parliament issued an amnesty for them and for leaders of last fall’s armed opposition to President Boris N. Yeltsin.
The Supreme Court ordered that the 1991 coup case must go before a new panel of judges, but Itar-Tass did not say when the new trial would start.
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