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Back to the USSR: Russia and Ukraine

The Intelligence from The Economist

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What Happened After Boris Yelson Walked Away From the Table?

Yelston, Sushkevitch and Kuchma walked away from the table. What did they imagine their relationship with one another would look like going forward? For yelson, it was very natural to assume that bellerus and ukrane and russia should stay together. But for Ukranians could imagine themselves as being independent. They were not going to trade their place in the soviet union for their place within a newset of russian entity.

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