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	Podcast:		The Debate
	Episode:		What's left of the USSR? Remembering the break-up of the Soviet Union
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:46:05
	Publish Date:		2021-12-23 19:00:03
	Description:		We bring you a special edition of the FRANCE 24 Debate marking the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Growing up, it seemed as if the zero-sum game of the Cold War would last forever. What did we see coming? And what did we miss as supplies ran low, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant broke down, the Red Army suffered setbacks in Afghanistan and the Communist Party's grip started to loosen, in the far reaches of an empire that stretched over 11 time zones?
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