‘Russia has no imperial ambitions’ – Gorbachev
Published: 10 March, 2009, 09:06
If it were not for Russia, the USSR would still exist, and Vladimir Putin has also definitely confirmed that Russia doesn’t want to create a new empire, former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev said to RT.
It's a very important testimony. I regret it is only available in English. I'am an old Frenchman and those friends whom I'd like to send it to don't understand enough English to apreciate it. And I do not dare to translate it into french either. In addition, I regret that the relationship between interviewer and interviewee is not explained. If you are not old enough or not Russian, it is very unlikely that you guess that the interviewer was Eduart Shevarnadze's grand daughter
thanks
It is very difficult to talk about people who think and act on 'impulse'. Acting on impulse is considered 'rather lowly' and 'unbecoming' ..as per the doctrine of The Art of Thinking..!! CLEAR thinking and clear action is always better; oh! you sure make mistakes initially...BUT THEN YOU KNOW IT CLEARLY TOO.!!! wishy-washy thinking, no clear beginning and no clear end; a big 'wish' list not backed by a 'how' and how-to action plan was a hallmark of Gorbachev times; thanks to solid American support he survived.All in all he wasted everybody's time and his own. so I feel and write.. aventinesylla@yahoo.co.in
When he became the head of the Politbureau, Gorbachev inspired many people who were friends of the USSR. They saw in his youth the energy that the country needed to come out of a long economic and political stagnation. To the great chagrin of most people in the world, he proved to be an impulsive thinker and a non-thinking despot. An immature person who had no understanding of the capitalist world and had no more than very elementary knowledge of Marxism. How could such a person assume the highest power in the second most powerful country and thus control the destiny of most of the world's people is beyond my understanding. But we all experienced the catastrophic consequences of his naive thoughts and impetuous decisions. Puitin was absolutely right when he said that the collapse of the USSR was the greatest catstrophy after WWII, the effects of we are still experiencing today. So I ask myself: Has Gorbachev done anything that can redeem him? Helas. He is doomed to remain a tragic historical figure.
well, I don't particularly like Gorbachev, but it's hard to find fault with him on this one