MOSCOW — When the leaders of the Soviet Union’s three Slavic republics met at a secluded hunting lodge on Dec. 8, 1991, the fate of the vast country hung in the balance. With a stroke of their ...

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Key players in the fall of the USSR, including the signatories to the dissolution treaty, recall the momentous events of December 1991. Show more December 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...