Thirty years have now passed since the USSR collapsed. The largest state in the history of the world has left a mixed legacy and much of the promise of the Perestroika-era has never been fulfilled.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has touched upon the collapse of USSR multiple times, and the wider public has strong feelings on the subject. The latest VTSIOM poll shows that 58% want to see the former giant country reunified. Almost unanimously, they believe that in 1991, there was a chance to keep the Soviet Union as a single economic and political space. In this article, RT discusses the consequences of those dramatic events for the Russian people.
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