European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                But Day of Celebration is Yeltsin s Moscow apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev returned to Power in Moscow on thursday and Boris n. Yeltsin who led massive protests against a failed coup said the men who overthrew Gorbachev were being rounded up. Although Gorbachev was Back in the capital the jubilation belonged to Yeltsin. The president of the russian Republic spoke to tens of thousands of cheering supporters at a rally a Day after the three Day coup by hard liners collapsed. Yeltsin earlier told the russian republics parliament that police under his control had arrested four of the eight plotters including the Man who seized Gorbachev a Job vice president Gennady Kanayev. Valetin Stepankow russians chief prosecutor told the parliament that a fifth russian president Boris Yeltsin greets the crowd outside the russian parliament on thursday. Interior minister Boris Pugo killed himself when police went to arrest him. A sixth member of the conspiracy was in a Hospital and the other two were reported to have parliamentary immunity. After his parliament speech Yeltsin appeared at the rally in front of the russian republics parliament building the site of massive anti coup protests. He told the crowd that the individual republics of the soviet Union must be strengthened. A this Putsch has postponed the signing of the Union treaty but has not ended it a he told the crowd stretched in front of the massive 19-Story White building Tysl served As the nerve Center for the opposition during the coup. A this is a lesson to All of us and a lesson for the president of the country Gorbachev also a he said. A the last three dark Days. Have shown Russia cannot be Safe unless it has its own National  a after three Days of rain during the coup a Bright Sun broke Over the capital and warmed the crowd that gathered on the Banks of the Moscow River. Yeltsin also told the crowd that the russian Republic had decided to replace the red and Blue communist Era Flag with the old revolutionary Banner in White red and Blue. He ended his Brief speech by shouting a Hurrah for Russia a Gorbachev did not attend the Celebration. His first official act since mondays coup according to a report by the official news Agency Tass was to fire the Deputy defense minister Gen. Vladimir l. Godorov. Tass said Godorov was being transferred to unspecified other work. In his place Gorbachev assigned col. Gen. Boris y. Yankov. Relatively Little was known about either Man. Godorov who had held the Post of head of civil defense had not been clearly associated with the coup attempt. Yankov had been a military commander in Siberia. To  Crimm the relate soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev Steps off a plane at Vnuk ovo Airport in Moscow see Gorbachev on Page 2 Early thursday morning ending a three Day attempted coup. Failed coup could alter roles of soviet leadership military by Meridith Winder . Bureau. Although the coup has failed the leadership picture and the military a role in the future of the soviet Union has yet to be resolved according to a number of experts. A Mikhail Gorbachev is now in a better position be cause the soup failed a said Bill Wallace director of the school of soviet and East european studies at Scotland a Glasgow University. A since he was kidnapped he a returned As some sort of Martyr. Wallace attributed part of this to the support Gorbachev received from the outside world. Drc cd but he can to forget he was rescued by russian president Boris Yeltsin a Wallace added. A this will diminish some of Gorbachev a Power but increase Yeltsin s. With the loss of that Power Gorbachev will face a shifting of priorities according to the experts. For in stance the division of Power in the soviet Union will have to be examined. A Gorbachev will have to do one of two things a said Andrew Duncan an analyst with the London based International Institute for strategic studies. A a he la either have to change the role of president or set up some sort of electoral process to confirm his position. Remember Yeltsin was democratically elected by the people. Gorbachev was  also although the defense establishment is traditionally controlled by the soviet president during the attempted coup some of the military sided with Yeltsin. Yeltsin also declared that forces inside the russian Republic would be commanded by him. A the Way the military reacted during the attempted see roles on Page 2britain, Japan lifting sanctions against soviets from wire reports London a Britain and Japan said thursday they were lifting a freeze on Adjo the soviet Germany economics minister Jurgen Molle Mann said the coup bolstered the Case for greater economic assistance to Back soviet reforms. Prime minister John major of Britain promised a review of Western Aid to the soviet Union following what he called a a Victory for common see sanctions on Page 2