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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day ago

Note the lack of citation.

Do you think people just made up the referendum or are you under the impression it was about something else..?

They had already been negotiating a new treaty for a while and after difficulties with the republics Gorbachev put it to the people to gain popular support. What did you think the "renewed federation of equal sovereign republics" was about?