My hunting trip with Yeltsin killed off the Soviet Union | World news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/07/my-hunting-trip-with-yeltsin-killed-off-the-soviet-union
The man whose signature in effect dissolved the Soviet Union 25 years ago on Thursday has admitted that was not his intention as he travelled to the fateful meeting.
The Belavezha Accords, which were signed in Belarus on 8 December 1991, broke up the Soviet Union and launched its constituent republics on the path to statehood.