25 Years Ago

[jseal]

The Fall of the Soviet Union (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/25/we-got-christmas-back-readers-mark-25-years-since-fall-of-soviet-union)

[gekkogecko]

Indeed, a landmark occasion.

[Oldfart]

It was just Russia cleaning out some deadwood. The crisper, cleaner Russia of Putin is the result. It's politics without a reliance on the media cycle, popularity polls or democracy.

[dicksbro]

It is hard to believe that it's been 25-years already, isn't it? I sure with when the world has had the "momentous" events that we'd end up with a better world. Even if it looks like it for a bit, we always seem to return to the naturally unsettling state of affairs we were so glad to get rid of. :(