Under Stalin, we were not buying wheat from the West, we we… - Valentin Varennikov

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Under Stalin, we were not buying wheat from the West, we were selling it on international markets. We didn’t go around the world asking for humanitarian aid and loans, we were granting them. That is the paradox.

Valentin Varennikov

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Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov (Russian: Валентин Иванович Варенников) (December 15, 1923 – May 6, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian Army general and politician, best known for being one of the planners and leaders of the Soviet-Afghan War, as well as one of the instigators of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.

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"Ушёл из жизни Герой Советского Союза, генерал армии Валентин Варенников" (6 May 2009)

I am happy because I, together with my fellow soldiers, with all the soldiers, with our people, achieved victory. When our consolidated regiments stood on Red Square, each of us was filled with this happiness and joy that we lived to see victory.

In August 1991 I confronted another enemy, the far more dangerous disguised enemy who wanted to destroy my motherland. I have no regrets about what I did, but I have a bitter feeling that we failed to save our country.

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