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Russia's war in Ukraine is how the soviet union finally ends
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Russia's war in Ukraine is how the soviet union finally ends

Empires — especially the biggest ones — don’t end quickly or peacefully

NATO warships are moored, during Baltic MCM Squadex 22 exercise, in Riga port, Latvia March 16, 2022. Picture taken March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
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Russia may not stop with Ukraine – NATO looks to its weakest link

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Vladislav Deinego, head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, and Sergei Peresada, deputy head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in Moscow, Russia February 25, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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Russia says post-1991 'illusions' about the West are over

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Thirty years gone, the Soviet Union is not quite dead

Is Putin genuinely intent on attacking Ukraine? Photo: Reuters
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Putin rues Soviet collapse as demise of 'historical Russia'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 2, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Putin says US threats smack of Soviet Union's fatal mistakes

National flags of Russia and the US fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Russia accuses US of downplaying Soviet role in WWII