Yeah that’s not true at all and also the US absolutely put the final nail in the coffin with the 1996 Russian election. That’s the one where the Russian Communist Party was about to get voted back into power, so it’s commonly understood that western powers meddled in that election to get Boris Yeltsin as president. The US also got Russia to rewrite its constitution to expand the position of president, and then the US handpicked Putin
US absolutely put the final nail in the coffin with the 1996 Russian election.
The KPRF had a majority in Congress and, if Gennady Zyuganov were elected, Russia would align itself 100% with China. I doubt he would restore the Soviet Union or the Warsaw Pact, but I could see Russia financially supporting left-wing parties in Europe and being a little less reactionary.
Yes! IIRC electorally, it looked like the Russians were just going to elect socialists and communists (with some socdems sprinkled in there). In order to prevent that, the US supported Yeltsin consolidating power within the executive and making the legislature relatively powerless.
It’s a good thing were no unintended consequences later on associated with having a powerful president…
I’m no history buff, but… “The USA had no meddling with the end of the Soviet Union” doesn’t sound right.
edit: I did a quick check on one of the people commenting there and they post heavily in the Airforce sub and are a history major…
Yeah that’s not true at all and also the US absolutely put the final nail in the coffin with the 1996 Russian election. That’s the one where the Russian Communist Party was about to get voted back into power, so it’s commonly understood that western powers meddled in that election to get Boris Yeltsin as president. The US also got Russia to rewrite its constitution to expand the position of president, and then the US handpicked Putin
The KPRF had a majority in Congress and, if Gennady Zyuganov were elected, Russia would align itself 100% with China. I doubt he would restore the Soviet Union or the Warsaw Pact, but I could see Russia financially supporting left-wing parties in Europe and being a little less reactionary.
Yes! IIRC electorally, it looked like the Russians were just going to elect socialists and communists (with some socdems sprinkled in there). In order to prevent that, the US supported Yeltsin consolidating power within the executive and making the legislature relatively powerless.
It’s a good thing were no unintended consequences later on associated with having a powerful president…
But the wiki article was strategically written to downplay this article!
Eglin base again lol.