Boris Yeltsin

Russia

A lament for the lost Russia I loved

Under Boris Yeltsin there was rampant crime and economic crisis, but also free speech and optimism

Robin Ashenden

Was the rift between Russia and the West inevitable?

It is neither Trump nor Biden who have shown the least prudence but Putin

Robert Service

Glasnost merely confirmed Russia’s deep-seated suspicion of democracy

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok reviewed

Rodric Braithwaite

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