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.

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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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The reason for the collapse of the USSR was only the betrayal of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, who were led by the United States. The American administration has always, all the years, strived to destroy the USSR, and now Russia, and take advantage of our wealth.

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

Two years after the introduction of our troops in Afghanistan, it became clear to the General Staff that we were at an impasse.

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