Soviet Union Collapse

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  Vladimir Putin Says Ukraine Conflict Is "Result of Soviet Collapse"

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that conflicts in countries of the former USSR, including Ukraine, are the result of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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  Timeline: The Gorbachev Era And The Collapse Of The Soviet Union

  Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.

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  Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Who Ended Cold War, Dies At 91

  Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the collapse of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of the 20th century, has died in Moscow aged 91.

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  Putin Says He Drove Cab To Make Ends Meet After Soviet Fall

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union spelled the end of "historical Russia," revealing he drove a taxi to make ends meet following the USSR's fall.

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  Back In The USSR? Pentagon Chief Slips Up On Russia Reference

  US defence chief Lloyd Austin expressed concern Thursday about Moscow's military build-up on its border with Ukraine but accidentally called Russia the Soviet Union -- Washington's old Cold War foe that collapsed three decades ago.

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  Moscow Looks Back, George HW Bush A Steady Hand While Soviet Union Fell

  George H.W. Bush's presidency will be forever linked with the Soviet Union's collapse. But in Moscow, his death provoked an outpouring of nostalgia Saturday for an American leader who chose careful diplomacy over brinkmanship as the postwar order was thrown into disarray.

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  Putin Says He Wishes The Soviet Union Had Not Collapsed. Many Russians Agree.

  A day after unveiling dramatic new weapons - including a nuclear-powered cruise missile - that sparked talk of a return to Cold War tensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested he'd reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he could.

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  Would Reverse Soviet Collapse If He Could, Says Putin Weeks Before Election: Agencies

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he had a chance to alter modern Russian history, news agencies reported.

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  Documents Shed Light On North Korea's Startling Gains In Sea-Based Missile Technology

  A few months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of American investors and Russian scientists struck a deal to begin marketing one of the crown jewels of Moscow's strategic arsenal: an entire family of missiles designed for launch from submarines.

• Ukraine Seeks to Ban Communist Party

  Ukraine sought on Tuesday to ban the Communist Party more than two decades after the Soviet Union's collapse because of its alleged support for pro-Russian insurgents battling government forces in the separatist east.