I meant in the sense that it's too early to tell whether the collapse of the USSR and the Soviet system (which are different things BTW) will be Judged by History to be good or bad.
Mostly this depends on whether or not the Kremlin pulls off its project to modernize the economy, decrease the income differentials in the population, and reassert Russia as a great power. It's been pretty successful so far IMHO.
Most Russians I know have mixed feelings about the Soviet system, think that breaking up the Soviet state was a very bad idea, look back on the 1990s with horror, and think pretty positively about Putin if they are interested in politics. He's got a 73% approval rating at the moment (according to this week's issue of the mahazine Itogi).
--- Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote:
> Chris:
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> The process isn't nearly over yet, either.
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> ^^^^
> CB: Socialism is still collapsing there ?
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