This year marks the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The December collapse was jolting in its speed and followed a failed coup by hard-liners against then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Voice of America: How Putin is preparing for 2021 challenges
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears on a screen in a hall at the World Trade Centre's congress centre as he addresses his annual press conference via a video link from the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, in Moscow on Dec. 17, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.
