General Aziz came to power last August in a coup that toppled the country's first freely-elected leader, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

The FNDD has opposed the coup since it took place in August, and is demanding a return to democracy and constitutional order.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Boulkheir and Daddah joined opposition candidates Ely Ould Mohamed Vall and Hamadi Ould Meimou in denouncin what they called an "electoral charade, which is trying to legitimize" last August's coup.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

The African Union also suspended the country following the 6 August coup.

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The CPSU's treasurer, Nikolai Kruchina, reportedly "jumped" to his death from his fifth-floor apartment window five days following the August coup's failure.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Mikhail Moiseyev, Mr. Gorbachev's first choice to replace the faithless Marshal Yazov after the August coup, few doubt that the Red Army chief would have saluted and obeyed Gorbachev orders to assert the Kremlin center's military control over the republics.

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