Only Now Do We See the Real Disintegration of the USSR

... an uproar in the Soviet ministry of defence. In typical Soviet fashion, they presented the counter argument, stating that the USSR should become a maritime power. This was few years before its collapse. Some of these discussions and ideas look naïve these ... ... resources in building stronger relations with our neighbours. I do not recall a single visit of any Russian President to any of the Baltic states, while American and many Western European leaders paid visits to Tallinn regularly. But Estonia should be more important to Russia than it is to the US, given ...