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Frustrations below the surface, the economic frustrations of ordinary people. frustrations in the republics that theyd been with pressed by another nation. —— bay had been repressed. there was a lot of russian and soviet control and then two years later other republics broke away. i dont think he had an idea of quite how bad it was in the country and how frustrated people were. one of his advisers says we knew things were wrong and it was like peeling an onion, layer by layer, as you got fur...

Putin has famously described this as the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe' of the 20th century

International with american ships in it. lets remember it was the seat of the russian enable glory and for them imagining that the american flag will be there with be the sign of absolute defeat, so i do want to explain that for many russians, not me, especially russians who were in the kremlin, probably khrushchev would have defended the crimea, but it was said he was the one who gave crimea to ukraine, just basically switched the republics, the russian republic within the soviet union, and ukr...

♪ ice works fast... to freeze your pain and your doubt. ♪ heat makes it last. so youll never sit this one out. icy hot pro with 2 max-strength pain relievers. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [applause] >> and just over two years later, that wall would indeed come down. and it ushered in a new era for the former soviet socialist republics that had long been part of the ussr. in 1999, cnn christiana -- sat down with the late soviet leader, michaela gorbachev, to get his thoughts on that pi...

Navigate, excuse me, the transformation of the soviet union away from communism, which is bankrupting it ukraine was one of those republics that gained its independence in 1991 while gorbachev was still president. the independence of those 15 republics resulted from his reforms from glass knows and pair strike can a which gorbachev had hoped would keep the soviet union together. those country does not want to return to soviet rule. gorbachev vilified most russians when we lived in moscow at the ...

Have these kinds of monuments to the greater russia because they were occupied by russia and russia put them up. so youre seeing across the board estonia, poland, romania, all of the former soviet union republics taking down these monuments because they know what happens when russia comes in and occupies your land. so, yeah, this is just an indicator of how much hatred is being pushed not only because of ukraine, but because of past experiences by these countries. >> seeing that video was remark...

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In order to feed the beast theyve created, they double down on the rhetoric. the problem is, its like a practical joke that got out of hand. theyre all taking it very, very seriously now. we used to use -- you know, people are used to using fight rhetoric in politics. we use it all the time. but, you know, its become more and more nefarious and more and more specific as time goes on, to the point of just factual lies about how the government goes about its business. when you start undermining th...

By assassination plots and coups, governments seldom finish their term. at the centre of it all, a powerful military accused of running the show behind—the—scenes. so how did pakistan get here? at the end of british rule, india was partitioned creating two new countries, the republics of india and pakistan. millions were forced to migrate on both sides, people were separated from their families. they fled on foot and on trains as hindus and muslims clashed. around 2 million people died. this...

If US-China tensions in the South China Sea escalate, the fallout will hobble every economy in the world.