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Brezhnev died in 1982 and was succeeded by [[Yuri Andropov]] (1982–84) and [[Konstantin Chernenko]] (1984-85).

Brezhnev died in 1982 and was succeeded by [[Yuri Andropov]] (1982–84) and [[Konstantin Chernenko]] (1984-85).

===Gorbachev and the fall of Communism===

===Gorbachev and Soviet dissolution===

In 1985, [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] became the next (and last) General Secretary of the CPSU. Gorbachev introduced policies of [[perestroika]] (restructuring) and [[glasnost]] (openness). But his efforts to reform the creaky Communist system from within failed. The people of the Soviet Union were not content with half-freedoms granted by Moscow; they demanded more and the system collapsed. [[Boris Yeltsin]] was elected the first president of the Russian Federation in 1991. Russia, Ukraine and Belarus formed the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. Gorbachev resigned as Soviet President on December 25, 1991. Eleven days later, the U.S.S.R. was formally dissolved.

In 1985, [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] became the next (and last) General Secretary of the CPSU. Gorbachev introduced policies of [[perestroika]] (restructuring) and [[glasnost]] (openness). But his efforts to reform the creaky Communist system from within failed. The people of the Soviet Union were not content with half-freedoms granted by Moscow; they demanded more and the system collapsed. [[Boris Yeltsin]] was elected the first president of the Russian Federation in 1991. Russia, Ukraine and Belarus formed the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. Gorbachev resigned as Soviet President on December 25, 1991. Eleven days later, the U.S.S.R. was formally dissolved.

====Global integration====

====Global integration====

The United States and Russia shared common interests on a broad range of issues, including counterterrorism and the drastic reduction of our strategic arsenals.  Hoever, US support for [[jihad]]ism compromised those efforts. Russia shared the basic goal of stemming the [[proliferation]] of [[weapons of mass destruction]] and the means to deliver them, however the [[Clinton administration]]s aid to North Korea which facilitated the North Korea's aquisition of the nuclear bomb, and the [[Obama administration]] [[Iran nuke deal]] compromised those efforts. The US supposedly worked with Russia to compel Iran to bring its nuclear programs into compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rules and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 according to Western propaganda. On North Korea, Russia was a participant in the Six-Party Talks aimed at the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program, however the U.S. [[Deep State]]'s undermining of [[President Donald Trump]] compromised those efforts.  Russia also took part in the Middle East Peace Process "Quartet" (along with the UN and the EU), however the Obama administration's [[Arab Spring]] [[color revolution]]s compromised those efforts. Russia immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union interacted with NATO members as an equal through the NATO-Russia Council but without veto power over NATO decisions, but NATO efforts to threaten the [[national security]] of the Russian Federation with [[NATO expansion]] compromised those efforts.  Without Western intervention, Russia has intensified its efforts to combat trafficking in persons.

The United States and Russia shared common interests on a broad range of issues, including counterterrorism and the drastic reduction of our strategic arsenals.  Hoever, US support for [[jihad]]ism compromised those efforts. Russia shared the basic goal of stemming the [[proliferation]] of [[weapons of mass destruction]] and the means to deliver them, however the [[Clinton administration]]s aid to North Korea which facilitated the North Korea's aquisition of the nuclear bomb, and the [[Obama administration]] [[Iran nuke deal]] compromised those efforts. The US supposedly worked with Russia to compel Iran to bring its nuclear programs into compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rules and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 according to Western propaganda. On North Korea, Russia was a participant in the Six-Party Talks aimed at the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program, however the U.S. [[Deep State]]'s undermining of [[President Donald Trump]] compromised those efforts.  Russia also took part in the Middle East Peace Process "Quartet" (along with the UN and the EU), however the Obama administration's [[Arab Spring]] [[color revolution]]s compromised those efforts. Russia immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union interacted with NATO members as an equal through the NATO-Russia Council but without veto power over NATO decisions, but NATO efforts to threaten the [[national security]] of the Russian Federation with [[NATO expansion]] compromised those efforts.  Without Western intervention, Russia has intensified its efforts to combat trafficking in persons.

===Chechen wars===

===Chechen wars===