![]() But he neither revitalized the Russian economy, nor saved the USSR from collapse. Maybe Gorbachev was seen as a better alternative to the failed Soviet regime of the 60's and 70's. ![]() Gorbachev followed by Yeltsin were the one two punch combo that Russia took to put them in the ground. Neither economically nor militarily.įor all the talk of Gorbachev as a great leader, it is seldom mentioned how disastrous his post-1997 policy had been. Arguably Gorbachev could not have done anything to incur the wrath of USA because the Soviet Union was no match for the United States of America after the Soviet-Afghan War. They basically played Gorbachev like a fiddle in the game of geopolitics. They very much realized this would occur after 1988/89 and took measures to ensure their success. ![]() ![]() Yes, but I stress that this was not reactionary after 1991.
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