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The Soviet coup attempt of August 1991 was an unsuccessful effort by senior Soviet officials to remove President Mikhail Gorbachev from effective power and halt his reform program. The plotters formed the State Committee on the State of Emergency, confined Gorbachev in Crimea, and deployed forces in...
Why this score?
Failed hardline coup accelerated Soviet collapse and boosted democratic legitimacy; score tempered by subsequent instability and contested legacy.
Scoring methodology
Ebrahim Raisi was an Iranian conservative cleric and politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. Before becoming president, he served as chief justice, building his career within the country's judicial and political establishment. Ra...
