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One of the greatest missed opportunities in history. The West could have helped them transition to a better system, but they collectively sat with their thumbs up their asses.

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I heard that part of the bankruptcy issue was caused by the Chernobyl clean up expenditures. I’m curious if that’s true.

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Gorbachev sadly passed not long ago, and not before he stated that Putin had reversed almost everything that Gorbachev had done in dissolving the Soviet Union.

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