Tag: break-up of USSR

‘If the Russians Come Back Again, They Won’t Be Constrained by Communism’

December 18, 2016
Window on Eurasia

‘If the Russians Come Back Again, They Won’t Be Constrained by Communism’ 2016-12-18 17:17:05 Staunton, VA, December 13, 2016 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who has just completed his service as president of Estonia, once remarked that “if the Russians come back again, they won’t be constrained by communism” and the rule they would impose on non-Russians […]

25 Years Ago, Gorbachev’s Economic Blockade Failed to Keep Lithuania in the USSR

April 19, 2015
Analysis
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, April 19 — On April 18, 1990, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev imposed an economic blockade on Lithuania, an action that harmed the USSR as much as it hurt Lithuania but that did nothing to dissuade Lithuanians from seeking the recovery of their independence – a reminder of the limits of economic actions when a […]