-Unlike the Soviet Union's final years, which saw a rapid turnover of leadership and liberalizing reforms under Gorbachev, Putin's Russia is a stable, repressive regime. -However, this analysis argues ...
As the Soviet Union fractures—Baltic independence, the Vilnius crackdown, and rising opposition—Sobchak wins the 1991 mayoral election and Leningrad becomes Saint Petersburg again. Hardliners launch ...