gorbachev remained in his residence moreover measures to isolate him were reinforced still further valeri shah was the one who caught at the gates to the residence during two k.g.b. officers from moscow kept a close eye on him along with other local agents. special measures were taken a truck was stationed on the help to prevent helicopters from touching down when more a tractor with a trailer outside the gates was meant to prevent the motor vehicles breaking through into the compound. reinforce security precautions were introduced throughout. the army general valentyn but a nick of was one of the key figures in the coup attempt on august the eighteenth nine hundred ninety one he was it'd gorbachev at his residence in the crimea. asked the soviet president to recognize the legality of the coup. we knew what we were going to do during the night told him all that appeared to somehow be fitted into a state of emergency and gorbachev retorted by exclaiming that a state of emergency was dance a green machine dance in blood in its wake at the core and when i realized that other people as well as my