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Iron Curtain call: Mikhail Gorbachev

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What Do You Think About Gorbachev's Place in History?

I wouldn't have been able to be a journalist in Britain and write freely about Russia. And there was a silence. They said, well, yes, that's good to sort of hear. You know, he said something to that effect. So when we launched the reforms, we really didn't do it for ourselves. We did it for our grandchildren and will be your generation that will feel the impact. I think my generation felt very grateful for what he's done. His lives have now been turned upside down and crashed by Putin's war against Ukraine.

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