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Rhiannon12866

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2. I've been to the USSR, I'm guessing things were better then since Gorbachev was promoting more progressive policies

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Thu May 22, 2025, 07:16 AM

May 22

And Americans were welcome, despite the people's fear and hatred of Reagan whose pressure on Gorbachev caused the Russian hardliners to scale back Gorbachev's progressive policies - glasnost and perestroika, openness and restructuring. Putin was also KGB.

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I would think anyone seriously B.See May 22 #1

I've been to the USSR, I'm guessing things were better then since Gorbachev was promoting more progressive policies Rhiannon12866 May 22 #2

still is kgb, for all practical purposes B.See May 24 #3

Oh, definitely! He wants to retake other countries to recreate the USSR! Rhiannon12866 May 25 #4