Soviet Union survives, but greatly reduced.

After the troubles of the late 80s and the early 90s, the Soviet Union manages to survive with its political and economic form preserved (somewhat), but just barely. It has lost its influence over its former satellite states, and all but one of the SSRs have declared independence. This is how the world looks in 1995:

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Let's say a hardliner has ended up premier, Yeltsin is dead or jailed. What are the consequences for the Soviet Union (of Russia and Belarus) and the rest of the world?
 

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The best way to pull this off is if the New Union thing is successful. If that happens then the Ukraine and Central Asian countries probably remain in.
 
I'd throw in Kazakhstan as well.
They were (and are) by far the most Russophilic Central Asian country.
 
Russia wasn't going to let the Soviet Union or any meaningful successor exist if the Ukraine looked like it was going to leave. It was the second-largest constituent country, and without it, Russians would essentially have to foot the bill for Belarus and the Central Asian states alone.
 
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