The scenes being broadcast from Minsk, in Belarus, are transfixing and, thanks to the near-real time transmission, a compelling illustration of how - geography notwithstanding - we all can feel part of something epochal. Almost 30 years ago I experienced a similar transformation in Moscow as the tanks took up position on a drizzly morning - August 19, 1991 - and Soviet television carried ...
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