The Soviet Union was defeated, as was the Ottoman Empire before it
and Yugoslavia after it -- first economically, later politically
(mainly from inside the the Soviet Union, its multinational elites
acting against its multinational masses) or with a combined
political, economic, and military warfare (Yugoslavia). Russia and
Serbia today cannot be expected to play the same roles that the
Soviet Union and Yugoslavia used to be able to play.
--
Yoshie
^^^^^^
In what sense do you mean that the Soviet Union was defeated economically ?
Charles
