30 Aug 22
@fmf saidHugely unpopular and somewhat of a non-entity in his own country for the last 30 or so years, Gorbachev was instrumental in what many Russians, including the vastly more popular Putin, see as the geopolitical disaster and tragedy that was the breakup of the USSR.
Mikhail Gorbachev
@fmf saidAnd the other 14 countries in the bloc see as regaining control of their own territories. It's all in the perspective.
Hugely unpopular and somewhat of a non-entity in his own country for the last 30 or so years, Gorbachev was instrumental in what many Russians, including the vastly more popular Putin, see as the geopolitical disaster and tragedy that was the breakup of the USSR.
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03 Sep 22
@sands-al saidAlways came across as a nice guy.
Bill Turnbull, i think only those in UK who are early risers and maybe Wycombe fans will know