“After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That's not a record to be proud of.” IfsHas BeensCountryEarthFallPracticeRecordsProudThirdsUnionsPhotographerRussiaJournalismCommunismJournalistClockSovietReportersBe ProudSoviet UnionCameraman Author:Daniel Silva
“Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains.” FallSocialEconomicMilitaryDirectVictimUnionsDefeatEmpiresSovietSoviet UnionStrainFragmentedDisintegration Book:The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives Source: The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives
“If in madness of delusion, anyone shall lift his parricidal hand against this blessed union, the arms of thousands will be raised to save it, and the curse of millions will fall upon the head which may have plotted its destruction.” IfsMayHandsFallMillionsArmsDestructionMadnessBlessedUnionsRaisedLiftsCurseDelusion Author:Andrew Jackson