Putin: Are you Russian, or Russian-at-heart? Come home!
"Putin has been quoted as saying that the collapse of the USSR was the geopolitical tragedy of the century. In this clip, he explains that he meant it not in the sense of an ‘Empire lost’, but that it was truly a humanitarian tragedy for the people of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the USSR created one of the largest diasporas that exist in the world today – 1 out of every 4 ethnic Russians do not live in Russia itself."
Subtitles by @inessas
Leo Tolstoy once said, happy is he who is happy at home.
It's a fitting quote that could apply to this larger-scale geopolitical disaster. The Russians that remained outside the border remained, not in their home, even if it was a place where they grew up and lived in. This also applies to places like Ukraine; 8-9 million Russians found themselves in a new entity called Ukraine - many of them grew up on a land that they once called Russia - but it was simply no more. To think that for the other ethnic groups like Tajiks and Uzbeks, this collapse would be seen as favourable conditions is also not the case; many of them were displaced and peoples' lives were ruined. Not to mention the collapse of living standards the ensued and has continued to exist in many ex-USSR countries that have not profited from any larger economic alliances; it's a state of stagnation.
To people that think it wasn't a geopolitical disaster, need not even take it from a Russian point of view; au contraire, it was a disaster of large proportions for millions.
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the collapse of the soviet union makes one ruling alone. warm greetings from the highlands.
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