The Soviet authorities applied the law in an arbitrary manner, and now Russia is returning to that arbitrariness.”

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-new-iron-curtain/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

The Soviet economy was also wasteful.

Source: https://spectator.org/yuri-maltsev-freedom-fighter-1950-2023/

The Soviet Union, along with other Warsaw Pact countries, invaded to suppress the reforms of the Prague Spring.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/featured-post/ibiza-seasonal-workers-rights

The Soviet Union, for its part, regarded TAPLINE as “a dangerous auxiliary enterprise of the American effort to establish an air base in Saudi Arabia.”

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/24/can-another-armenian-genocide-be-stopped/

The Soviet Union had collapsed (thank you, Ronald Reagan), the economy was riding the wave of a long-term economic expansion (thank you, Ronald Reagan), and there weren’t any major crises.

Source: https://spectator.org/presidents-day-and-problematic-presidential-rankings/

The Soviet Union had won gold in five of the previous six Olympics.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1133154/miracle-on-ice-olympic-gold-auction