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How US-Russian relations fractured in the 1990s

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The United States and Russia Are the Two Countries That End All Life on Earth

Despite the size of its economy, russia retains a strategic nuclear arsenal. To this day, the united states and russia still possess over 90 % of the world's nuclear war heads. The two countries are basically capable of ending nearly all life on earth. I think one of the problems is that we didn't understand pugton's true character,. his willingness to leave behind the co operation of the post coldwar period. He carried with him the sense of grievance that he shared with all displaced servants of the soviet state. It's interesting for me as an author, because he, he brackets the book. But you can just sense him lurking off stage, nursing these grievances about

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