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JK2006

Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago
I remember my one and only trip to Russia when I found the people really, really nice and wanted to return after learning to speak some basic Russian. I never managed to do it and it's too late now but Gorbachev struck me as a very good example of a lot I liked about the Russians. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#225277

hedda

Re:Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago
I shook his hand once..at a Circus Tent in a Sydney Park (don't ask) about 5'9 with those very Russian broad shoulders and huge hands. firm handshake and a nod of his head..dirty look from 2 bodyguards and he was gone. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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JK2006

Re:Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago
In a more general way he was clearly one of the great human beings - whether you consider it good or bad, like Thatcher and Reagan and Hitler and Churchill and Alexander the Great and Attila the Hun, he was a massive figure. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#225281

Wyot

Re:Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago

It was towering what he did and ensured decades of relative stability and peace following the end of the cold war.

Just a tragedy that Russia - for whatever reasons, I am no expert- wasn't ready or would not embrace and make work democratic capitalism with a social conscience.

Instead, a few bastards directed the wealth to themselves, and a barbarian occupies the Kremlin.

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#225283

Taskmaster

Re:Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago

In the 90's, the sale of almost 80% of Russia's largest corporations brought unrivalled opportunities for corruption by officials and their cronies.

The privatisation program promoted and executed by Yeltsin created thousands of millionaires and billionaires, by unfairly relocating the nation's assets.

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#225290

Honey

Re:Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago

Taskmaster wrote:
In the 90's, the sale of almost 80% of Russia's largest corporations brought unrivalled opportunities for corruption by officials and their cronies.

The privatisation program promoted and executed by Yeltsin created thousands of millionaires and billionaires, by unfairly relocating the nation's assets.

Of course. You can call the system or parties anything you want, but corrupt pigs will always end up in charge.

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#225308

JK2006

Re:Gorbachev 2 Years, 9 Months ago
Absolutely excellent interview by Stephen Sackur HARDTalk on BBC News - catch it today Thursday at 9.30 this morning. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c1sj Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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