This was such a vast event that it could take a century to comprehend. With characteristic brevity, Gorbachev took just 10 minutes on live 
television in 1991 to announce the end of the Soviet Union and his consequent resignation. His perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness) had begun as reform but ended up freeing many of USSR’s constituent states.
On December 8, leaders of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus met in secret to disband the USSR and form a new union. On December 21, eight others joined it. They formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The CIS has since had a blow hot-blow cold relationship with Russia, and the United States oft en backs movements against CIS governments; seen as anti-US.
One crucial result of USSR’s break-up is the independent deals that CIS states offer on the energy front. Many frontline countries, including India, seek gas from the CIS. In the past, it was a Soviet monopoly. Gorbachev is forgotten, and the USSR seen only in history lessons.
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television in 1991 to announce the end of the Soviet Union and his consequent resignation. His perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness) had begun as reform but ended up freeing many of USSR’s constituent states.On December 8, leaders of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus met in secret to disband the USSR and form a new union. On December 21, eight others joined it. They formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The CIS has since had a blow hot-blow cold relationship with Russia, and the United States oft en backs movements against CIS governments; seen as anti-US.
One crucial result of USSR’s break-up is the independent deals that CIS states offer on the energy front. Many frontline countries, including India, seek gas from the CIS. In the past, it was a Soviet monopoly. Gorbachev is forgotten, and the USSR seen only in history lessons.
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Source :- IIPM Editorial, 2006
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