The USS(R)

[Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Union_Treaty

What are the treaty's chances of passing, and would the new federation include the Baltics?

Edit: I seem to have gotten the title wrong. It should be "The USS(R)".

 

[TheMann]

The Treaty's chances of passing were rather good in Russia and many of the other SSRs, but it was DOA in the Baltics and the Ukrainians wanted out by then. If Gorbachev had proposed it in in 1987 or 1988 it might have been cleared and passed, but I don't know there either.

 

[Xen]

Perhaps we get a situation where some of these states split off from one another. Ie West Ukraine goes independent, East Ukraine joins the Union, and maybe some part of Lithuania is strong-armed into staying so Russia wont have an enclave at Kaliningrad.

 

[Wendell]

Perhaps we get a situation where some of these states split off from one another. Ie West Ukraine goes independent, East Ukraine joins the Union, and maybe some part of Lithuania is strong-armed into staying so Russia wont have an enclave at Kaliningrad.

It could be a bloody mess in any number of ways. That said, The Soviets will not IMO split off parts of the Baltic States. The places to watch would be Georgia, Armenia, and Moldova, however.

 

[abas]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Union_Treaty

What are the treaty's chances of passing, and would the new federation include the Baltics?

Edit: I seem to have gotten the title wrong. It should be "The USS(R)".

Lithuania had proclaimed about renewed independence on March 11, 1990. Formally this was based on premise that Lithuania never was a part of Soviet Union since it had never signed the treaty (this is true).