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An hour with Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union about his life and political career. He discusses his role in the end of communism and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev applauds the efforts of Vladimir Putin to restore order to the country and elevate it to prominence on the world stage. He also talks about his charity work and his environmental foundation, Green Cross International.
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Eliso Frutiger 10/17/2008 06:59 PM Report
What does it really mean when Gorbachov says that Russia was not and is not respected? What kind of respect did Russians want? When Russia was weak economically US alone gave a lot of assistance to Russia in millions of dollars. They are not still happy. Now, Russia wants to own all energy resources and they are upset that the world doesn't trust their intentions? I am so sorry that Gorbavhov, being a brilliant politician at his time, cowardly defends Russia's imperialistic policies, claiming that it is US to blame. As for Russia's actions against Georgia, the reports say that it was planned, premediatated in a KGB style. Anybody who knows politics in Russia understands that. Gorbachov who still lives in Russia probably is required to act according to the party lines. I am really sorry that such a great country as Russia wants to bully the whole world and uses Gorbachov as a messenger.
Roger Garcia-Marenco 09/02/2008 09:31 AM Report
Just let another mutant of the Shrub family be top tennant of the Oval Office and the human species gets what has been crying for for a while; extinction.
TL 09/02/2008 06:22 AM Report
There are two saintable politicians: Mr. Gorbachev of russia and Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.
RP 08/19/2008 10:28 PM Report
Gorbachev clearly explained how since the end of the Cold War the US has treated Russia as second class citizens. I would go further and say humiliated them. Now Georgia has attacked a breakaway district on the eve of the Olympics; fully armed by an arms crazy Bush administration. The Russians have finally had it, and lashed out hard. Some might say too hard. But it was completely inevitable after how Russia has been ignored, mistreated, and humiliated by the West, especially the US, since the end of the Cold War. Another power, Russia along with China has challenged the go it alone mindset of Bush and others. American prestige takes it on the chin, and a new multipolar world takes root, not the old unipolar one with Bush running down the field unopposed, only to fall on his face in Iraq and elsewhere.
Concerned Canadian 04/08/2008 04:52 AM Report
A man as important as Mr Gorbachev and only one comment on his interview!!!!
Was everybody out to a football game or is this simply a continuing United States disinterest in practical world affairs?
If it is either or both there is a problem.
Aaron Malcolm 10/14/2007 01:12 PM Report
Charlie Rose forgot to ask Gorbachev about what he thinks of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) between China and Russia, and the ramifications of this new alliance between Beijing and Moscow illustrating a new front at the United Nations Security Council on almost every important issue.