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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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brnt ◴[30 Aug 22 20:51 UTC] No.32654886[source]▶
Note that in Russian doctrine as tought in universities, the Cold War never ended.
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1. vkou ◴[30 Aug 22 21:29 UTC] No.32655366[source]▶
Based on my count of how many hair-trigger alert nuclear weapons are pointed from east to west, and vice versa, I'd say that the Cold War only ended in name.