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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by thriftwy on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:40PM (#32655500)
You can't be self-reliant when you are bankrupt and all basic neccesities are in short supply.

USSR was defunct. Its communist party was also defunct.

Russia is lucky to have China which produces enormous assortment of items as well as trade surplus.

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by avmich on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:53PM (#32655656)
USSR wasn't bankrupt for many decades - until the end, of course, but it's silly to compare unstable USSR in 1991 going through destructive transformations with Russia, which still "just" losing the was against the West - so far. You should compare USSR of 1980 with Russia today (or rather before February 24 this year) - and USSR will win in capabilities, despite the lack of market economy.

> USSR was defunct. Its communist party was also defunct.

USSR was relatively stable for decades, with all its great shortcomings.

I don't think China plays significant enough role in today's events.

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by trasz on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @07:05PM (#32656325)
China produced a lot of things, but Russian market is worthless. Chinese companies left the Russian market same way western ones did.
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