This is why you should not take your Soviet history lessons from a self-help writer. Not only did the United States try to help Gorbachev, he wasn't in power after the Soviet collapse, and we then went all-in for Yeltsin, including getting Russia into the G-7.
Mikhail Gorbachev was a visionary leader. The refusal of the U.S. to help Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed was typical of America's arrogance and lack of visionary foreign policy. If we had helped Gorbachev then, Russia's path would probably have not been toward a Putin.
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You have no idea what kind of writer I am because you have never read my books. (You should never take your advice from someone who gets their opinions secondhand from the internet.) It was Gorbachev who allowed the breakup of the Soviet Union. Of course he was in power.

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You really should quit when you are wrong.
Delete your account
You might want to do a quick google search next time.
It’s not too late to delete this tweet.
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Please, please keep arguing with the accepted expert, I mean, what could go wrong?
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OMG... Just stop here! You are emberrassing yourself! 'Allowed'? You just show you have zero knowledge of ussr breakup... Google 'Sausio 13'... It was bloody...
Oh snap! She's really gonna go at it about Soviet history with a distinguished and respected professor on that topic.
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You need to tune into better channels for your information.
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