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Soviet influence it is. Lukasenko was a party boss in USSR Putin was KGB mafia boy. Kravcuk, and Kucma were party bosses of state enterprises. Aliyevs were K
by baybal2 5y ago
Soviet influence it is. Lukasenko was a party boss in USSR
Putin was KGB mafia boy.
Kravcuk, and Kucma were party bosses of state enterprises.
Aliyevs were KGB men
Shevardnaze was USSR's foreign minister
The whole of Central Asia is basically ruled by exactly the same Moscow's satraps since late eighties, with exception of wild tempered Kyrgyzstan.
Mongolia, "the 16th republic," also had communist comeback, only ended by an extreme, Norko style economic collapse.
The only country of ex-USSR where CPSU did not recapture the power outside of Baltics was Armenia, but only thanks to power going to their nazis. A medicine worse than the poison.
- reducesuffering 5y ago> The only country of ex-USSR where CPSU did not recapture the power outside of Baltics was Armenia And Georgia
- baybal2 5y agoIt was, Shevardnadze ruled for 8 years.
- reducesuffering 5y agoWhich ended in 2003. I'd argue that CPSU, since 1991, has had much less internal influence in Georgia than Armenia, which is still heavily Russian-aligned. Georgia is trying to join NATO...