Nikolai Ryzhkov, former Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers and member of the Federation Council, said that the Soviet Union could be re-established on the basis of new principles similar to those on which the European Union operates. DEA News.
According to him, it is impossible to recreate it as the Soviet Union existed.
“However, we must try to be close to the European Union, where there is a basis – the European Union and its organs,” said the former head of the USSR Council of Ministers.
According to him, according to the EU principle, a union of countries in the post-Soviet space can be recreated in new conditions.
Ryzhkov also believes that one should not literally copy the old form of existence of the Soviet Union.
As the Senator put it, the state is a “living organism” that is thriving, “aging” and “being sick”.
“They need to be addressed periodically. Therefore, I believe that it cannot be said that we must recreate the USSR in the image and likeness of 1922. Everything should not stand still, but move, ”added the former chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers.
formerly Ryzhkov presented Declare the founding day of the Soviet Union a holiday.
December 30 is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the declaration on the formation of the USSR.