Twenty years ago, 70% of the Soviet citizens freely - with no physical coercion, no vote rigging (although with psychological pre-conditioning/anchoring), in a virtually spontaneous referendum voted to keep a reformed USSR. Ten months later, the USSR was no more. However, the vote only counted in 9 out of 15 republics as a number of republics have decided not to take part in the referendum.
"If you love them, set them free?"
ReplyDeleteThey have been suborned and seduced. Are they materially better off, than if they stayed with Mother Russia? All those colour revolutions and American and even Israeli interference in their subsequent elections?
They are unlikely to create a monetary union? A common market?