In russia, after the soviet union collapse, influential retained power by acquiring large numbers of , so the ruling class gained power in place of power.

The Soviet Union also known as (U.S.S.R.) was the joint of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics in Eurasia from 1922 until 1991.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union resigned on December 1991 and gave up power to the population, so The Soviet Union came to an end.

The country dissolved into 15 independent states, and the "Cold War" (a period of tension after WWII) between U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. also came to an end after this event.

"In Russia, after the Soviet Union collapse, influential Politicians retained power by acquiring large numbers of vouchers, so the ruling class gained economic power in place of political power".

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well its not not rising unemployment and falling inflation.

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