The Fall of the Soviet Union, with Vladislav Zubok
The Lawfare Podcast
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Gorbachov's Refusal to Use Executive Powers
Gorbachov was a principaled oppo ant to any use of force inside the country. He even refused to use violence to preserve the common this is highly unusual. Even leaders of other states, of course, re democratic, you may say, always use force when they confrontit with disastrous separatism that threatens their statehood. I and gorvashov refuse to do it.
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