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Belavezha Accords didn’t destroy the USSR: it had already ceased to exist, Shtepa says

Signing the Agreement to eliminate the USSR and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States. Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk (second from left seated), Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Shushkevich (third from left seated) and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (second from right seated) during the signing ceremony to eliminate the USSR and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States. Viskuly Government Retreat in the Belarusian National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" on on December 8, 1991. (Image: U. Ivanov, RIAN archives via Wikipedia)

As Russians and others approach the 25th anniversary of the Belavezha Accords, many of them are certain to … Continue reading Belavezha Accords didn’t destroy the USSR: it had already ceased to exist, Shtepa says