... which, inter alia, declared that the United States and Russia "do not consider each other as enemies and develop a relationship of partnership and friendship." Essence, Specificity and the Results of the Cold War Specific processes of the Cold War were: acute political and ideological confrontation between the communist ... in our opinion hasty statements, consider that the USSR has reached parity with the US in the early 70s. Detailed analysis shows - that's not true either in the political or economic or military fields. However, a public statement made par at the time was favorable ...

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... associates of conspiring (with the exiled Trotsky) against Stalin and the government. In an amazing scene that was broadcast around the world--and which played a large role in exposing the true nature of the Soviet regime--every one of the accused Bolsheviks confessed their supposed crimes. Only later did the world discover that these confessions were elicited after long months of ... took an obsessive interest in films, which he watched constantly. He became devoted to pseudo-scientific theories as well, although this was not a new attachment--Marxist claptrap had long dominated true s...

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... be shortly after its conclusion. Each side had made their own interpretation of how the agreements of Yalta were to be honored, and these did not coincide in any way. True democracy had not been established in Poland, and the question of how to deal with this issue continued to weigh heavily on the British and American leaders. The American administration ... to carry out loyally all the agreements reached at Yalta and asked only that the Soviet government do the same. I expressed once more the desire of the United States for friendship with Russia, but I wanted it to be clearly underst...

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