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well, it's probably time to assign blame over Soviet breakup isn't it?
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:14 pm
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small group of lawmakers have asked Russia's top prosecutor to investigate whether the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, should face treason charges over his role in the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev dismissed the request as an act of publicity-seeking and said there were no grounds to charge him.
It follows a surge of patriotism since Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last month, which has revived nostalgia among some Russians for the Soviet Union and boosted President Vladimir Putin's popularity ratings.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small group of lawmakers have asked Russia's top prosecutor to investigate whether the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, should face treason charges over his role in the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev dismissed the request as an act of publicity-seeking and said there were no grounds to charge him.
It follows a surge of patriotism since Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last month, which has revived nostalgia among some Russians for the Soviet Union and boosted President Vladimir Putin's popularity ratings.
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Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:16 pm to LSUneaux
Blitzkrieg !!!!
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:22 pm to LSUneaux
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It follows a surge of patriotism since Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last month, which has revived nostalgia among some Russians for the Soviet Union and boosted President Vladimir Putin's popularity ratings.
The reports out of Russia about just how deep and ubiquitous the propaganda is these days is staggering. If Putin finally runs into any kind of wall where he can't do as he pleases so easily or actual sanctions are enacted that severely hurt the Russian economy, I could see the state-run TV and newspapers slip even further down the Orwellian slope towards North Korea levels of brainwashing. The "patriotism" reported in the news is a pretty shady paradigm.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 10:16 pm to LSUneaux
American media will not help. They identify Gorby as the sole reason the Cold War came to an end.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 4:24 am to LSUneaux
Putting the band back together in mother russia
Posted on 4/11/14 at 5:44 am to LSUneaux
So all of the people calling for freedom over the continuation of the Soviet Union has nothing to do with the results. When Boris Yeltsin stood on a tnk top outside of the White House in Moscow and Gorby was a hostage in Odessa the people and Yeltsin seeking their desires be heard and recognized Gorby was at fault. Really sadder than blame Bush or anyone else has become sadder in the last five years,
Posted on 4/11/14 at 10:27 am to LSUneaux
Looks like Gorbachev better go pay more homage to Putin if he wants to stay out of jail.
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