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by HatchedLake721 1900 days ago
Why 1991? Even though USSR collapsed, whatever was sealed, is still sealed to this day.
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>Why 1991? Even though USSR collapsed, whatever was sealed, is still sealed to this day.

Some documents are sealed but many were declassified since then.

People talk. A lot. And the post-1990 economic situation in Russia was so bad that at least some of the surviving witnesses would be tempted to sell the story.