How the Soviet Union's Collapse Explains the Current Russia-Ukraine Tension

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December 27, 2021

Russia and Ukraine have a shared — and often turbulent — history that stretches back 1,000 years. And they’ve never entirely untangled that history and gone their separate ways.

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