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| USSR already hosed by Gorbachev, says former Supreme Soviet president |
| 2021-12-27 |
| Direct translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev himself brought the state to such a state that it was already disintegrating. This was announced by the last chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov, commenting on Gorbachev's words about the possibility of saving the USSR by creating the Commonwealth of Sovereign States (SSG). "He brought the state to such a state that it was already disintegrating. It was lucky that the putsch took place, because if not for that, everyone would have accused him of defeating the Soviet Union. And now, you see, he has the opportunity to say: 'No, I would have kept it,' but they prevented me," he said in an interview with Gazeta.ru. Khasbulatov added that the only difference between the JIT project and the CIS agreement would be the presence of a “powerless president”. As reported by IA REGNUM, earlier Mikhail Gorbachev, the first president of the USSR, named a way that could save the USSR after the August 1991 coup. According to him, the country could be saved by creating the Union of Sovereign States. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #11 ...3 1. Blame the boss before you 2. Reorganize 3. Prepare 3 envelopes |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-12-27 12:31 |
| #10 Blaming a previous regime, how novel. Also known as the "Write Two Letters" strategy. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-12-27 11:17 |
| #9 ^ I deplore myself |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-12-27 11:11 |
| #8 Obviously it is the people outside the beltway who are to blame. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-12-27 10:25 |
| #7 What's the COVIDian mantra? "We're all in this together." Collectivism all the way down. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-27 10:10 |
| #6 Empty shelves and bread (and everything else) lines were a sign of strength. Pravda. |
| Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Spuse6042 2021-12-27 10:08 |
| #5 /\ Blaming a previous regime, how novel. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-12-27 08:37 |
| #4 Soviets were already in decline. Gorbachev just made it official. Russians prefer to blame Gorbachev for the decline and destruction of the USSR. |
| Posted by: badanov 2021-12-27 08:34 |
| #3 ^ Yes. That the Politburo would take a chance on an outsider with strange ideas about 'reform,' a rube from the sticks like Gorbachev, shows how desperate they knew their situation was. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 08:14 |
| #2 Soviets were already in decline. Gorbachev just made it official. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2021-12-27 08:10 |
| #1 An we have Biden. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-12-27 07:21 |