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On this day in 1991, the Soviet Union finally ceased to exist. A moment that went down in history as a triumph of liberty.
Its dissolution ended a regime built on repression, censorship, political terror, genocidal famines, mass deportations, and the systematic erasure of identities, among other crimes.
The fall of the USSR opened the way for nations to reclaim their sovereignty and rebuild their futures on freedom rather than fear.
Yet Moscow never abandoned its imperial ambitions. It does not see the USSR as a horrific past to be left behind, but as a model for the future – authoritarian, repressive, built on cruelty and punishment.
We must never allow it. Russia’s aggression and imperialism must be put to an end, once and for all.
Its dissolution ended a regime built on repression, censorship, political terror, genocidal famines, mass deportations, and the systematic erasure of identities, among other crimes.
The fall of the USSR opened the way for nations to reclaim their sovereignty and rebuild their futures on freedom rather than fear.
Yet Moscow never abandoned its imperial ambitions. It does not see the USSR as a horrific past to be left behind, but as a model for the future – authoritarian, repressive, built on cruelty and punishment.
We must never allow it. Russia’s aggression and imperialism must be put to an end, once and for all.
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