Russia Since 1991: A Change for the Better?
This December will mark for the people of Russia one of the most defining moments in their history; the 35th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A major world power that had existed for nearly 70 years , its collapse reflected other significant developments in Eastern Europe at that time, where long-established communist regimes fell one by one and national boundaries changed…
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