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Originally Posted by StupidScript
robert s., with respect, you're talking about the differences between Yeltsin and Putin. One's the "freedom" representative and the other represents the old school.
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I think you got it all wrong.
Reagan, JP2, Solidarity and Putin dismantled USSR. Without "old school" Putin we would still be in the Cold War I, instead of Cold War II which seems to be taking place now. Did you ever come across the term "perestroyka"? While not political at its roots, it had far reaching political effects and it was hardly an "old school".
Yeltsin was an opportunist who pretty much had no choices but act as a freedom fighter. The fact that he drunk way too much helped him make some critical decisions early on
