MOSCOW (AP) — As the Soviet Union was breaking up 25 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev expected the United States and its Western allies to provide vital aid. The former Soviet president thinks their failure to offer significant help wasted a chance to build a safer world and resulted from short-sighted gloating at a Cold War rival’s demise.
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at his foundation’s headquarters, in Moscow, Russia.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, the 85-year-old Gorbachev voiced hope that Russia …read more
Source: Pattaya Mail
