Question by Cullen: What happened to Russia? How did Russia go from a Top Power country to Its current status?
Why is Russia no longer called the USSR? What is/was USSR, Soviet Union, Russia? What do they refer to?
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Answer by amadeus_tso
Ok…. Russia was a STATE of the USSR. (so were many other current countries…)
What happened? We happened. We out spent them on defense and military spending, and told them a little white lie.. that we had a sattelite orbiting the earth that could destroy any missle they sent at us. They went broke trying to build a better weapon.
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