An article by J Arch Getty, Gabor T. Ritterspoon and Victor N. Zemskov detailing the victims of the soviet penal system in detail. http://sovietinfo.tripod.com/GTY-Penal_System.pdf
This article talks about how after the dissolution of the USSR the standard of life plummeted and how former Soviet republics have economic crisis and problems it even goes over how NATO is trying to expand as much as possible. https://www.telesurtv.net/english/amp/english/opinion/Life-After-the-USSR-Buying-the-Dream-Living-the-Nightmare-20160712-0009.html
Most Russians Prefer the Return of the Soviet Union https://www.telesurtv.net/english/amp/english/news/Most-Russians-Prefer-Return-of-Soviet-Union-and-Socialism-Poll-20160420-0051.html
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