Vasilina Orlova - History may Show the Disintegration of the USSR was not Avoided, Merely Postponed.

Instead of what he thought would be a ‘short victorious war’, Putin has  mired Russia in a protracted and costly struggle that may not only end  Putin’s tenure in the Kremlin, but also threaten the integrity of the  Russian Federation itself. The stakes could not be higher, and history  shows that change in Russia moves like tectonic plates – nothing for  decades, and then pent up forces are released in violent, dramatic and  unpredictable changes. Some academics and politicians are starting to  think the unthinkable and are urging us make plans to de-colonise Russia  when the last continental European empire collapses. History may show  that the disintegration of the USSR was not avoided, merely postponed.  

Vasilina Orlova, Ph.D. is a Researcher, Anthropologist and Writer. She  is a Scholar and Researcher at The University of Texas at Austin.  Vasilina describes herself as an engaged storyteller, who began writing  in English late in life, enchanted by the sound of the language and its  supreme power. She has conducted extended periods of fieldwork in  Siberia, in Irkutsk District and has a deep interest in Russian  colonialism. She is an award-winning writer, and author of more than ten  books in Russian and English, which have in turn been translated into  numerous other languages.