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Originally Posted by JohnR
Disagree - other than a few years from 1992-2006 they have been pretty much the same for a few hundred years.
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i would disagree with that.
Russia under Gorbachev was on a path to reform, growth and freedom. He realized that you cannot just change a government from state run to capitalism and democracy easily. He lost out to the nationalists just like is happening here.