Shushkevich called “the one who pulled the trigger” of the collapse of the USSR
Shushkevich: Gennady Burbulis pulled the trigger of the collapse of the USSR in 1991-1992 Gennady Burbulis. Stanislav Shushkevich spoke about this in an interview with Lente.ru within the framework of a special project dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to Shushkevich, it was Burbulis who proposed the phrase “The USSR as a geopolitical reality and a subject of international law is terminating its existence. ” “ When I heard it, I instantly realized that it was a wonderful formulation. Then we acted on the basis of including this phrase in the preamble of our resolution, “he said. According to the politician, the words of Burbulis made a huge impression on him, since he himself” did not have general humanitarian training and over such global I didn’t think about problems ”. “After I heard them, I even began to respect Soviet philosophers,” Shushkevich admitted.