@witix @getimiskon

rahmon, the current president of tajikistan recently said this in a discussion with putin, with respect to the relationship smaller soviet states had with the ussr

“I was there in those meetings in the room when the Soviet Union collapsed,” he said. “Then like now -- and you have to forgive me for saying this -- not enough attention was paid to the small republics, the small nations.”

https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-russia-rahmon-youtube-respect/32084773.html

you can ramble about capitalism all you want, the soviet union was entirely about the economic exploitation of the surroundings states

and it was extremely homophobic as well