30 years on, FRANCE 24's Moscow correspondent recalls the fall of the USSR

Name: 30 years on, FRANCE 24's Moscow correspondent recalls the fall of the USSR
Uploaded: 2021-12-21T15:33:05+00:00
Duration: 5 min 13 s
Description: The Soviet anthem hailed the socialist union that it celebrated as “indestructible”. Yet 30 years ago this week, the then Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, together with the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus, signed the agreement that created the Commonwealth of Independent States. It was the end for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth tells us more.

Issued on: 21/12/2021 - 16:33Modified: 21/12/2021 - 18:36

The Soviet anthem hailed the socialist union that it celebrated as “indestructible”. Yet 30 years ago this week, the then Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, together with the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus, signed the agreement that created the Commonwealth of Independent States. It was the end for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth tells us more.