FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 31, 1991 file photo, two Muscovite girls wave Russian national flags during the celebration of annual holiday called "Day of Moscow" in front of Russian Federation building in Moscow. The coup that raised global fears of a rollback on Gorbachev's liberal reforms collapsed in just three days as thousands of Russians rallied to defend democracy. Instead of the coup plotters' declared goal of preserving the Soviet Union, the botched putsch only precipitated its collapse. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)