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Collapse of the Soviet Union led to millions of excess deaths in the decade that followed
You make it sounds like the collapse was a bad thing.
Yeah we had factories go bankrupt, same with kolkhoz, then hyperinflation, food coupons, temporary currency, then new currency, privatisation and then some wild capitalism but people adapted.
We're still amongst the fastest growing economies in Europe and I think the collapse was the greatest thing that could happen to my country.
The only better thing I can imagine is if we didn't have soviet foot in our country for 45 year prior.
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I am not convinced the economic collapse of the russian state (different from political change which is clearly needed) is a slam dunk for improving things and securing long term stability in those regions either
Look what happened as soon as it was clear the russian military was pre-occupied, you had conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh starting again
Collapse of the Soviet Union led to millions of excess deaths in the decade that followed, life expectancy slumped, the vulnerable suffered disproportionately and the oligarchs emerged facilitating huge power and wealth transfers, not sure how anyone can be sure that wouldn't play out the same again?