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The Treatment of Soviet Relics Betrays Modern Sentiments
Oct 5, 2014 | 13:01 GMT
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Summary
Editor's Note: This analysis was written by Eurasia analyst Eugene Chausovsky.
The recent topplings of Lenin statues by anti-Russia demonstrators in Kharkiv and elsewhere in Ukraine are only the latest examples of a trend that has spread across the former Soviet arena. The presence of Lenin statues — and likewise the circumstances of their removal — illuminates the status of relations between former Soviet states and Russia, from the end of the Cold War to the present.
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