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uponit7771

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7. Not at all Putin, like Red Don, is a con man who took control of the media with oligarchs help. ...

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #3)

Wed May 15, 2019, 01:27 AM

May 2019

.. After that the country was done.

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Did Chernobyl Cause the Soviet Union To Explode? [View all] Yavin4 May 2019 OP

Maybe you meant implode? n/t lordsummerisle May 2019 #1

Gorbachev is still making excuses for soviet authoritarianism, when people were given the choice... uponit7771 May 2019 #2

So, they settled for Putin's heavy hand? n/t Yavin4 May 2019 #3

Not at all Putin, like Red Don, is a con man who took control of the media with oligarchs help. ... uponit7771 May 2019 #7

think of this larwdem May 2019 #6

+1, No they're not! They went from one heavy hand to another. Putin is a con man like Red Don uponit7771 May 2019 #8

I always thought it did. Turbineguy May 2019 #4

I wouldn't say explode tirebiter May 2019 #5

Nope. There's a great HBO mini-series about the accident. Yavin4 May 2019 #9

That's what I figured tirebiter May 2019 #10

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