Not really, and I'm no fan of either Maggie or Ronnie. I think both played their parts, but given the nature of the hard-line Russians (I truly don't believe we're all the same beneath the skin - or wired up the same), I think that without the economic forces, the Russians would have smashed the rebelling countries physically, like the Chinese at Tianamen (spelling?) Or if they couldn't, then they would have had more than one Chechen situation on their hands.
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