Arthur writes on Putin's
ridiculous assertion that "the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century," and has this to say to Vlad,

No, Vladimir, the creation of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. It led to deaths of tens of millions, enslavement of hundreds of millions and half a century of Cold War with its simmering tensions, frequent violent outbursts, and the ever-present specter of nuclear annihilation. After all this, the collapse of the Soviet Empire was the greatest geopolitical blessing of recent times.

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