If people who had previously studied the USSR were told in the summer of 1991 that the Soviet Union would fall apart in six months, they would not believe it. A similar story is now with Russia.
The aggressor country may disintegrate as the USSR did in its time. This opinion was voiced by journalist and TV presenter Dmitry Gordon to Channel 24 .
Russia is based on fear
The Soviet Union held out because the entire population was seized with the fear of executions, concentration camps and roche. Under the rule of Mikhail Gorbachev, fear disappeared and there was “nothing to hold the concrete with.” Then everything started to fall apart.
The Soviet Union collapsed because the leaders of the republics realized why they need Gorbachev and the central government, when each of them can be Gorbachev? – said the journalist.
According to him, it was not bad for the heads of the republics to be members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the USSR, but it was much better to be leaders of a separate state. Those are completely different possibilities.
Gordon compared the likely collapse of Russia with the collapse of the USSR: watch the video
Which regions can become the “engine” of the collapse of Russia
Gordon noted that there are a number of regions in Russia that will gladly feel independent, in particular:
- Yakutia;
- Chechnya;
- Ingushetia;
- Dagestan;
- Tatarstan;
- Bashkortostan;
- Siberia;
- Ural.
According to the journalist, the impetus for these regions could be the destruction of the central government and the overthrow of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who is their fear. If they see that Russia has lost and cannot fight, and the West is in control, a centrifugal reaction will begin.
Putin spoke about the collapse of Russia: what is known
- Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin spoke for the first time about the alleged collapse of Russia. He extended the rhetoric that if the invaders lose the war against Ukraine, then the aggressor country will cease to exist, just like the Russian people in its current form.
- However, with such theses, the head of the Kremlin does not admit his defeat, but tries to find levers of influence on the minds of Russians. Political scientist Taras Zagorodny is convinced that Putin's current rhetoric is aimed at finding the ideology that is necessary to support the motivation of the Russian army.
- At the same time, Vladimir Fesenko believes that the Kremlin dictator wants to justify himself to his people because of the defeats in the war. In addition, he seeks to intimidate the Russians and preserve the identification of Russia with his personality.
