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jseal
12-25-2016, 12:51 PM
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
12-26-2016, 11:58 AM
Indeed, a landmark occasion.

Oldfart
12-26-2016, 07:20 PM
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
12-27-2016, 01:34 AM
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. :(