Monday, August 18, 2025

Russia and the Soviet Union

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov wore a USSR T-shirt at the summit in Alaska. I read the following comment about this: "Moscow is making it clear that the Soviet Union is not seen as a closed chapter, but as a project that should be revived. Anyone who dismisses this symbol as folklore is misjudging reality: it stands for a claim to power, expansion, and the message that, from Russia's point of view, freedom and borders are only temporary."

Putin has also described the dissolution of the Soviet Union as the biggest mistake of recent decades in interviews and reintroduced the melody of the Soviet anthem as the new Russian national anthem.

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Russia and the Soviet Union

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov wore a USSR T-shirt at the summit in Alaska. I read the following comment about this: "Moscow is making...