The Premier of the Politburo, Mikhail Gorbachev, had a change of heart. Understand that he was first "elected" to his position because he was a staunch communist. Only after he came into power did he see the error of the communist system. As far as I know, this was the only time Communism has seen a peaceful end in a country. Every other time has required bloodshed.

By the time he was ousted, the process was already well underway and there wasn't any way for their deep state to stop it, not even with violence. Yeltsin took over after Gorbachev and he continued with similar policies, except he made sure the power players in the old soviet government were given soviet assets in order to keep them from interfering in the transition to a capitalist economy. This is how the Russian Oligarchy we see today was born.

Fun fact; Moscow has the highest billionaire per capita in the world.

Almost all of these billionaires were given Soviet state assets in the transition, like mines, or electric companies, or ships. or massive amounts of farm land.

The Premiers of the Politburo, Mikhail Gorbachev, had a change of heart. Understand that he was first "elected" to his position because he was a staunch communist. Only after he came into power did he see the error of the communist system. As far as I know, this was the only time Communism has seen a peaceful end in a country. Every other time has required bloodshed.

By the time he was ousted, the process was already well underway and there wasn't any way for their deep state to stop it, not even with violence. Yeltsin took over after Gorbachev and he continued with similar policies, except he made sure the power players in the old soviet government were given soviet assets in order to keep them from interfering in the transition to a capitalist economy. This is how the Russian Oligarchy we see today was born.

Fun fact; Moscow has the highest billionaire per capita in the world.

Almost all of these billionaires were given Soviet state assets in the transition, like mines, or electric companies, or ships. or massive amounts of farm land.

The Premiers of the Politburo, Mikhail Gorbachev, had a change of heart. Understand that he was first "elected" to his position because he was a staunch communist. Only after he came into power did he see the error of the communist system. As far as I know, this was the only time Communism has seen a peaceful end in a country. Every other time has required bloodshed.