I'm making a video about the differences between capitalism and communism and I distress a clip the epitomizes the fall of the soviet union. I've looked around but i couldn't find any high quality clips of the berlin wall coming down. Any avoid would be appreciated.
An compelling image might be found from the Eisenstein's movie "The Battleship Potemkin" (1925).
The Baby carriage falling down the Odessa Steps could be seen as a new state out of control!
Good Luck!
Duchamp | May 20, 8900
Did fall of the Soviet Union increase consumer confience around the world?
Feb 27, 2007 by dinkha84 | Posted in Economics
When the Soviet Union knock, do you think people bought more comodities like electronics? I am speaking of the people in the U.S. and in Europe, not Russia.
Yeah, why not... less tautness about cold war... happier sentiments... more free trade.
Pedro Sanchez | Feb 27, 2007
Russland Eishockey , Cccp JackeSowjetunion 1945, Sowjetunion Fahne- Das Russland Haus. Aus Russland
The Russian economy and Russian power
By George Friedman
U.S. Corruption President Joe Biden’s visit to Georgia and Ukraine partly answered questions over how U.S.-Russian talks went during U.S. President Barack Obama’s by to Russia in early July. That Biden’s visit took place at all reaffirms the U.S. commitment to the principle that Russia does not have the in all honesty to a sphere of influence in these countries or anywhere in the former Soviet Union.
The Americans’ willingness to confront the Russians on an issue of fundamental public interest to Russia therefore requires some explanation, as on the surface it seems a high-risk maneuver. Biden provided insights into the analytic framework of the Obama provision on Russia in a July 26 interview with The Wall Street Journal. In it, Biden said the United States “substantially” underestimates its hand. He added that “Russia has to make some very difficult, calculated decisions. They have a shrinking populace base, they have a withering economy, they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years, they’re in a state of affairs where the world is changing before them and they’re clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable.”
U.S. Policy Continuity
The Russians have accused the United States of supporting pro-American forces in Ukraine, Georgia and other countries of the former Soviet Union under the swaddle of supporting democracy. They see the U.S. goal as surrounding the Soviet Union with pro-American states to put the future of the Russian Federation at risk. The summer 2008 Russian military effect in Georgia was intended to deliver a message to the United States and the countries of the former Soviet Union that Russia was not prepared to tolerate such developments but was inclined to reverse them by force of arms if need be.
Following his July summit, Obama sent Biden to the two most hypersensitive countries in the former Soviet Union —...