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33 years and 5 days ago, Soviet president Boris Yeltsin made an unscheduled “gotcha” trip to a random American grocery store in bumfrick Texas. The story of how communism died before it could kill another 60 million.

https://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2014/04/when-boris-yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-clear-lake

Superior link: https://www.nhregister.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php

Bonus video from the same year at mighty Moscow grocery store for comparison:

Also in 1989:

Soviets trade 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for some Pepsi.


https://i.rdrama.net/images/1707881499271494.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/17101210991135056.webp

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