Waarom de Sovject-Unie ineen stortte - en wat de rol van de economische krachten waren
9-12-2025
Wie wil begrijpen waarom Rusland de energietransitie tegenhoudt, kan kijken naar de bloeiperiode die de USSR doormaakte nadat het een succesvolle 'petrol-state' werd. De USSR stortte daarna ineen door een tekort aan geld.In 1991, the Soviet Union possessed 40,000 nuclear warheads, but it couldn't afford to buy bread. We are taught that the USSR fell because of political revolution or the arms race. But the truth is much simpler: It went bankrupt.
This documentary reveals the untold economic history of the Soviet collapse. Discover how a superpower became addicted to high oil prices in the 1970s, masking a rotting economy with petrodollars. We explore how the 1986 oil price crash, combined with massive foreign debt and a grain shortage, forced Mikhail Gorbachev to borrow billions from the West just to feed his people.
From the secret gold sales in London to the empty shelves in Moscow, this is the story of the greatest bankruptcy in human history.
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