If you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times.
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It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated.
Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was not defended against them.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death.
If we look at where relations between the Soviet Union and Germany were in 1945 and where we stand now, then we have achieved so much.
At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.
Everybody has forgotten that Russia helped start the Second World War.
Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.
The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.
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