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		AnimalMuppet on Aug 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mikhail Gorbachev has died Chief among them is, the US did not conquer or occupy the USSR. We had definite say in Japan (and West Germany). We didn't in the USSR.

DubiousPusher on Aug 31, 2022 [–]

That's a good point. America had some influence and backed Yeltsin to the hilt but he outflanked Gorbachev in the end and I'm not sure if that could've been changed.

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