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To: ryderann

Russia under Yeltsin was prostrate and weak and not exactly in a position to throw its weight around.

What’s the difference? 20 years and today Russia is the Big Bear on the block.


23 posted on 02/28/2014 2:00:49 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

It was a bad treaty. Anyone with half a brain knew eventually Russia would claim The Crimea. All they did was kick the can down the road.


80 posted on 03/01/2014 4:28:59 PM PST by dfwgator
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