#GeoPol #MiddleEastWar #SyrianRevolution #History #Russia

#OPINION

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...than the #SovietUnion's at the end of the First #ColdWar, hit by the aftermath of the #Chernobyl disaster. A crippling interest rate of 21%, intended to stifle rampant inflation and to prop up the #Kremlin's ailing currency , huge external debts (AFAIC mostly in Chinese RMB,) and the staggering cost of the #WarInUkraine could lead up to...