The former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev full interview - BBC News

The former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that current tension between Russia and the West is putting the world in "colossal danger" due to the threat from nuclear weapons.
In an interview with the BBC's Steve Rosenberg, former President Gorbachev called for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed.
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[@tobiadebomi5655]

I swear, I thought he was long dead.

[@SuperZacharius1]

He's 88 years young !

[@Hostile2430]

It's called Mandela effect

[@potatocat94]

he should have been

[@leonthera-4767]

...in my universe we called it the Gorbachev Effect.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Yeah especially because right before him kept dying like every few months.

[@gabiedubin]

strange how this guy was once the leader of the soviet union and now he speaks to the camera like a normal bloke.

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

Not only that, he was the one most responsible for dissambling the Soviet Union. A name associated with, if not relegated to, history classes & books. Yet, he still walks among us like no other. It makes you think, that we as humans like to view important historic people as larger than life but they are most likely just like gorbachev, a normal person in an abnormal situation .

[@canttrustthetories7402]

​@@slavenskazajednica7912 i'm guessing you were never alive under the USSR? or witnessed your family torn apart by stalin?

[@karinavillegas6867]

To many russian he is a traitor, communism wasn't working any more, He just let the system fall apart and let their countries to manage themselves with more freedom.

[@DerpEye]

@@slavenskazajednica7912 Oh pls, spare us the bullshit.

[@Profligateslayer]

SC98 oh, but he certainly did very little to stop them.

[@cekdiegus230]

Rest in peace, Mikhail Gorbachev. 1931-2022 The man who altered the course of history forever.

[@PffingAlexeyPetrov]

The poor USSR president since 1985 until 1991.

[@lmb4604]

@@PffingAlexeyPetrov REST IN SHIT GORBACHEV

[@ShanGuy220]

@Russian Occupant 🤓

[@ryanmacdonnell8987]

@Russian Occupant you can rot in hell dipshit he ended the iron curtain in europe which had caused Years of tyranny and suffering. My dad visited East Berlin before the wall came down and he said it was a miserable place. Empty shops, Stazi watching people just horrible.

[@gost5835]

@Russian Occupant Amen!

[@Axis.]

Rest in peace, last relic of the USSR is now gone. A person who was the only leader to give his people freedoms. We won’t forget you, rest easy comrade.

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

He gave "freedom", but took the bread... OK, I can go to Red Square and criticize the government, but what will it give me when my salary is 10 times less and I have nothing to eat?...

[@pi1523]

The Socialist Republic of Transnistria is another relic of the USSR that still exists if you are interested. And no im not trying to correct you.

[@expertbrody9914]

@@Anonymous-qj3sf what bread lmao Soviet wages were always shite

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

@@expertbrody9914 I'm not talking about the Stalinist USSR, but about the USSR of the 1950s-1980s. At this time, Soviet people lived well, with many social guarantees. Free education, medicine, apartments. There was no hunger and lack of food. There are no homeless and unemployed... We lost all this in the late 1980s. In the 90s there was widespread corruption, crime, poverty, unemployment, people literally ate newspapers to survive. Now go to bed, and before going to bed, watch a documentary about "10,000,000 victims of Stalin's Gulag", Western child 😂

[@TheProfessor_1]

Literally just came back here to comment the same thing 🙏🏼🕊

[@chungusmaximus526]

Gorbachev: "The place where the Americans dropped their first bombs is still affected." The interviewer: 🙂

[@hailun374]

He is in awe of the person who is in front of him. We also do that in my family sometimes while somebody we respect and admire is talking, not because we find their words funny or amusing 🙂

[@borislopez6959]

@@hailun374 it was a sincere english pleasant smile

[@alkhibrah]

@@borislopez6959 I did the same remark.

[@Land070696]

you did my day lol))) it's more funny, when you understand russian)

[@capitaopacoca8454]

lmao

[@j.b.fsomin7242]

Gorbachev: Exists Queen Elizabeth: Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

[@Chuked]

Lol she will outlive him

[@nrlizz8265]

Briliant

[@joydip9044]

What about Jimmy carter he is 2years older than the queen

[@osamabinladen824]

Hmmm..

[@lvjonjon215]

@@joydip9044 oh shit really 🤯????

[@devinallen7706]

He may be blamed for the downfall of the Ussr, but he gave what the people wanted, glasnost and perestroika and new cultures in the late 1980’s, and he will never be forgotten for ending the Cold War and valuing ideals rather than absolute power. Rest in piece, Gorbachev, you have made a mark in history.

[@ericfernandez9]

He should be credited for dissolving a criminal system. But he had no choice. Reagan, Thatcher and reality overpowered him.

[@Verpal]

@@ericfernandez9 You underestimate the choice Soviet Union, even a husk of its former self, can make. It doesn't have to benefit its people, or even humanity, but leader such as Stalin will turn to one final war instead, one to take over enough economic resource to extend survival of the Union.

[@bigverybadtom]

@@Verpal Their military was already ruined. They couldn't conquer Afghanistan or hold on to Eastern Europe any longer.

[@Verpal]

@@bigverybadtom I didn't say they will win lol, but Soviet Union at the time still have the organizational strength to do one final mass mobilization before going kaput, and many Soviet diehard might opt for that dangerous bet instead, due to their belief in Communism itself over people of Soviet Union.

[@bigverybadtom]

@@Verpal They certainly have their spy network-we captured a number of spies for the Soviets after the Cold War.

[@AlGore2000]

It’s unfortunate that a man like Gorbachev had to pass, the fact that he allowed the Eastern Bloc to go it’s own way, saved millions of lives. History will never forget him.

[@wederMaxim]

Убил миллионы, он погубил миллионы жизней. Больше чем Гитлер. Гореть ему в аду.

[@danilaagapitov1627]

saved? In the recent history of Russia there are only two demographic holes - WW2 and Collapse of USSR. Thanks to this man during the 90’s Russian people suffered so much, that losses can be compared with losses in WW2. And there are still much terrible things happening due to this man, for example - conflict in Ukraine. There is no wondering why tons of people in Russia call him a traitor - because they all have suffered much, and still they are suffering

[@PaulOfPeace54]

It's unfortunate that President Clinton was not receptive to the request of Vladimir Putin to join NATO. Russia renounced communism and encouraged Orthodox Christianity. Makes you wonder that if we had granted his request that Russia (by then a part of the European Union), would have stayed out of Crimea and Ukraine. Blessed are the peace makers. It's still not too late. Give peace a chance.

[@danilaagapitov1627]

@@PaulOfPeace54 leads you to the conclusion that one and only goal for NATO is to oppose Russia

[@PaulOfPeace54]

@@danilaagapitov1627 Well we can't have peace. What would happen to the military industrial complex and the 'relations' they have with their minions in business and government. American jobs and working infrastructure would give the proletariate the idea that they were actually in charge.

[@ACasualPerson]

Gorbachev: “You’re already filming, aren’t you?” BBC: *Sweats nervously*

[@magdadrague]

At which minute?

[@ACasualPerson]

Magda Draganova 0:00

[@magdadrague]

@@ACasualPerson Thank you.

[@mardanzhangir9034]

Savinder Singh BAINS comrade*

[@nsms1297]

@@ACasualPerson if it was stalin then imagine

[@manwiththem9]

“You know I used to rule this whole country!” “Okay grandpa.”

[@rec1962]

Empire

[@manwiththem9]

Your mom is a cheap and shallow response.

[@neotock]

@Scott Spencer Woosh....

[@golddropper2747]

I used to rule the entire siberia and eastern europe

[@oldfridge5059]

Scott Spencer do you know that jokes exist.

[@bharatpremi5885]

My dad's favorite leader who lived in a remote village of southern part of India. He always used to get emotional and cried for this great man...I am in 60s now... wondering how this great man inspired a man from a tiny village of India... legends live forever. Rest in Peace Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev.

[@franhughes5840]

Such admiration can fly across vast distances.

[@Robolaralobarar]

And he was devastated at what is happening I. Ukraine

[@gost5835]

Your dad did t know much!

[@RapinatorOhYeah]

I feel bad for him, all his effort of making sure there’s no war was deteriorate until his last breath Rest In Peace, Mikhail Gorbachev, May your dream come true soon

[@hallowbread]

He is why we have pizza hut in russia

[@osamabinladen824]

@Nate Higgers Ok. Nice name. Very relevant to what's happening today.

[@BloodyBay]

I _love_ that commercial! The young guy and the older guy are having a big "Gorbachev Rocks! vs Gorbachev Sucks!" argument, and the old lady just jumps in and shuts them both down by stating the fact that, without Gorbachev, there wouldn't be a Pizza Hut in Moscow for them to sit in, eat pizza and argue about whether Gorbachev rocked or sucked. So I guess that the old lady proved the young guy right. But I still say that _she_ was the one who won the argument. :-D

[@syntheticdawn4992]

Thats bullshit many communist countries like laos , vietnam and cuba adopted the chinese free market system eventually ussr would too ... She won a scripted argument but not a real one

[@BloodyBay]

​@@syntheticdawn4992 Well, when Laos, Vietnam and Cuba come out with _their own_ Pizza Hut commercials, we can comment on _those_ commercials and how close to reality they skirt. But for now, Russia stands alone on the ex-Communist Pizza Hut heap. Long may the Russian Hut reign!

[@syntheticdawn4992]

Fuck the P-hut there is really something wrong to honor an arch traitor who bent the knee to the ruling cabal

[@smilingearth5181]

RandomFact: Mikhail Gorbachev was the only leader of the USSR who was actually born in the USSR.

[@smilingearth5181]

@@fabribeijing Naw, in this case the USSR. All other Soviet leaders were born in the Russian Empire.

[@JR7noir]

Lol

[@alexalexab]

Ronnie Jones what does the bolsheviks being “Judaic” have anything to do with the price of fish. And I’m very certain banks wouldn’t fund communism.

[@anthonykatsivalis224]

fabribeijing no the others were born during the rule of the Russian empire, he was born under the USSR

[@offthebooktv3646]

Ronnie Jones .

[@Ruslenin]

For the past decades I kept calling him a Living Legend. You brought the West and USSR closer than ever - RIP Legend

[@wederMaxim]

RIP Traitor

[@CricketEngland]

Shame Putin is ripping the country apart again and would take it back to how it was under Stalin tomorrow if he has the chance.

[@apPaulpie]

@@wederMaxim suck balls dude give some damn respect

[@firsargentum5920]

@@wederMaxim bot

[@bigverybadtom]

@@firsargentum5920 I don't think the people who call Gorbachev a traitor are necessarily bots. After all, Russians weren't better off after he left office.

[@firsargentum5920]

We need a Gorbachev in Russia now more than ever. He was a giant of a man. RIP Mikhail Gorbachev and thank you for what you did.

[@trtr8680]

Agree

[@fornax5798]

What did you edit in this comment? I thought for a minute you legit wrote this a few hours before he died.

[@jimb7050]

Be loved in foreign and past enemies but hated by mort of Russian people who he originally should served, unfortunately. He fail to prove that Russian people can keep wealth, dignity after political reform brings more freedom. Partially made today’s more aggressive Russian. But still hoping him Rest In Peace

[@althomas3168]

@@jimb7050 As a Russian guy said this morning 'he gave us freedom, and we didnt know what to do with it'.

[@firsargentum5920]

@@fornax5798 only a mispelling :)

[@derekwang7330]

“I shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and McDonald!” - Mikhail Gorbachev

[@vanshajvivek657]

If your name ends with "in", time to get out

[@joerionis5902]

"I have the balls to let Baryshnikov dance playa"

[@Sabshark]

“Kicked down that was like the Kool-aid man, oh yeah!”

[@georgehenderson-walshe1592]

Did somebody say ‘birthmarx”?

[@vanshajvivek657]

You both need yoga and you need a shower

[@birdAdele]

Only Russian speakers can hear that, but he talks in such a simple manner... Like an average Russian grandpa, simple man, not someone who had so much power

[@monarch9522]

Most if not all Slavic people can hear it

[@birdAdele]

@@monarch9522 really didn't expect you here

[@sengoku8497]

потому что он безграмотный

[@usover9k]

he looks like he has a bit of dementia. CC subtitles do not reveal that. but you can hear it if you are Russian. so yeah, he looks like a grandpa that just talking in order to feel himself alive. not a good stuff actually. shame on you, BBC.

[@user-io8rt2gn9z]

@@dinok7630 not everyone. In my opinion, russian is more diverse that eng. So only russians speakers can hear it. Not even manner of speech but something else like... speech diversity may be

[@christineh7133]

his intentions from all the way back in the late 80s to 90s, when he began democratising the Union and introducing self-determination, still ring out through his words. I respect him for holding these values for all these years. It’s difficult for a politician to know what they want for a country and hold true to that.

[@verawest7399]

No

[@Hoshihar]

Ага. И у него план по развалу СССР был этой... Дымократией

[@blagoevski336]

@@verawest7399 yes

[@evgeniyap.2375]

@@Hoshihar демократия может и не плохой вариант был для России и остается, но не так как ее преподнес Горбачев, просто развалив все что можно.

[@Hoshihar]

@@evgeniyap.2375 может и не лишняя. Но только не для политики.

[@RandomShortsUploader]

Rip Mikhail Gorbachev. You are a legend and saved us from world war 3. You are got how our world is today if it wasnt for you we wouldnt be alive. You are the hero of mankind and we will never stop thanking you for what you did

[@wederMaxim]

How he saved the world from the Third World War ?

[@RandomShortsUploader]

previous soviet leaders threatened the us to launch nuclear missiles and destroy the world

[@wederMaxim]

@@RandomShortsUploader didn't American leaders threaten in the same way ?

[@mism847]

He didn’t save us from a world war, it was pretty unlikely almost no matter which politician would be in charge instead of him. But he did give his people liberties and cut down on the killing.

[@earningbabatricks]

No one saves me from world war three

[@oldcolonslash4251]

My brain: "Okay let's get some work done!" _1.5 hours later_ My brain: "Yeah, let's watch the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev full interview - bbc news"

[@Ghosty6464]

To your credit, there are worse things to watch.

[@tonynoujaim580]

lol same

[@HyperLethal.]

Well i watched this before i had a test about the cold war so it helped a little

[@scout6563]

Same I’m supposed to be writing an essay RN 😂😂

[@tinashemukarati5106]

Same.

[@vespasian1695]

interesting one of the most important people in modern history is still alive and here to talk about it Thanks for likes everybody ;) RIP Gorbachev, a good man on the wrong team.

[@lordkenten4136]

@@insidequest8574 why should he be killed? He brought democracy to the USSR in it Dieing days. He refused to use violence to preserve the Union and he peaceful gave up power. That sounds like quit a good leader to me. And dont say its because he is a Communist, not all Communist are bad I should know my brother is one and you no what? He loves Democracy more than anyone else I now. He is willing to die for democracy, I don't think that many these days would he willing to do that. Especially if they must fight there own government.

[@nazi0zombie]

@@lordkenten4136 what if he should be killed for introducing democracy and leaving what they had? Do not assume things, that everyone loves democracy and that that is the only good. I have no opinion on Gorbachov myself, I find him a very interesting man. But people have entirely different views on life, philosophy and politics. It would be naive to immediately assume a "good" vs "bad" posture and talk about democracy in that way.

[@lordkenten4136]

@@nazi0zombie Democracy is the one thing I will not compromise on. If someone doesn't believe in democracy then I have no time for them.

[@nazi0zombie]

@@lordkenten4136 Why is that?

[@lordkenten4136]

@@nazi0zombie Because Democracy is more than just a political system to me. It is a way of thinking and a way of living. I believe that the point of life is to enjoy it while you can. So democracy is the best form of government to do that. I also believe that all power should come from the people so I believe the system that gives the most power to the people is the one that I will support. In my opinion people who live in less democrtic countries are less happy and less productive over all. So in conclusion democracy is less of a ideology to me but more like a Religion real. The one absolute institution of all government you could say.

[@rma814]

Одна из самых противоречивых личностей в истории России. Сколько бы не было разговоров, я считаю что он сделал больше и хотел сделать намного больше для людей чем тот же Ельцин. К сожалению не все планы свершились. Думаю если бы обстоятельства сложились в его пользу, то мы бы жили не на обломках СССР, а в настоящей России- наследнице СССР. Покойтесь с миром Первый и Последний президент СССР- Михаил Горбачёв!

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

Согласен

[@vanek2469]

Ельцин тоже хотел многое сделать, но был пьяницей. В подтверждение этих слов, советую посмотреть его последнее новогоднее обращение

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

@@vanek2469 Ельцин был западным ставленником

[@wederMaxim]

@@Anonymous-qj3sf а горбач нет ?

[@wederMaxim]

Ничего противоречивого. Предатель он и все. Во время перестройки/в девяностые бывший СССР пострадал больше, чем во время второй мировой.

[@3la5t1c81rdy]

Heartbreaking to see him pass before the end of the war in Ukraine. May he rest in peace.

[@wederMaxim]

And let them. I hope that at least it was a small, but still a punishment for him.

[@maksim05makarov]

What does "heartbreaking" mean? If you love Gorbachev, then you should be happy for him, because before his death he was once again convinced of the success of his policy.

[@billhaywood3503]

may he rot in hell

[@grimmllin7432]

Пусть он в гробу вертится, чёрт плешивый!!!

[@tomirk4404]

Update, it still hasn’t ended yet

[@kinster02]

Ain't no fun getting old. The only way I recognize this guy, is by the mark on his head.

[@KozenaDrzka]

Looks pretty good for 88-year old.

[@Ashfielder]

Doesn’t look anything like the Gorbachev I learned about.

[@leecokeley5519]

@@Ashfielder he was the lender when the Chernobyl disaster happen

[@Ashfielder]

lee cokeley Amongst other arguably more important things, yes. He’s just aged a lot.

[@insidequest8574]

He's a traitor to the USSR

[@pbottega7796]

This man had the power to end the human race with a war, and now he looks like a regular rusian granpa

[@snipescyth7944]

mf can kill anyone with a glance.

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Exactly but achieved way more than you.

[@elliot7753]

PBottega 77 - *Russian, *Grandpa, and it was thanks to him (and, eventually Ronald Reagan) that nuclear war didn’t happen - learn your history

[@potatofuryy]

@Coronavirus What are you talking about? He said that he could have, but didn’t.

[@darkwolf4434]

@@potatofuryy Yes, but it was because of him the cold war ended.

[@Tyme_Whyrlwynd]

Rest in Peace, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. You were the pacifist hero the world needed. Your reforms and your impact will never be forgotten. History will remember you, and I will forever thank you for being my pacifist hero. Thank you, and rest easy. You deserve it.

[@wederMaxim]

Reforms from which the countries of the former USSR suffered more than during the WW2.

[@tylerkelley2889]

R.I.P

[@suecondon1685]

#Tyme_Whyrlwynd Well said. RIP to a fine man, a kind pacifist.

[@life-if8lh]

@@suecondon1685 , конечно для вас хороший. Он же для вас СССР развалил. Вы англичани, молчите не вам говорить

[@CricketEngland]

Shame the same can’t be said for Putin, who would take the country back to how it was under Stalin tomorrow if he has the chance.

[@user-ec2iq5fm1m]

Wrong sentence - he didn't witness the collapse of the USSR, he was one of the causes.

[@ChardonnayWest]

"just make sure there's no war". cannot agree more.

[@rabiddios]

It doesn't work in the real world unfortunately. You have a choice between bad and very bad. Sometimes you should take a gun in your arms to protect your interests. Sad but true.

[@somedudetm2743]

@@rabiddios thats a bad excuse

[@rabiddios]

@@somedudetm2743 yeah, u are right. Bad. But it isn't wrong. Sad but true. U should kill to be alive. It is a cruel world around. And everybody is part of. If you won't a war to be, you should lose smth in your life. Sad, doesn't that?

[@joseffliegl4167]

I think that the Russians really feared that all of those provocations from both sides would turn the cold war hot

[@rabiddios]

@@joseffliegl4167 nobody wants a war. But everybody knows that it will be. If you want peace prepare for war.

[@ItIsRan]

Fun fact: Gorbachev is the only Soviet Leader to be born in the Soviet Union and not the Russian Empire Edit: honestly not surprised people are arguing in the replies lol

[@user-pi4mm8xi3x]

Yes

[@solrhopalocera5704]

it is only fitting that he be the one to end it.

[@VSSFantastic]

Heh, that is a pretty fun fact.

[@user-pi4mm8xi3x]

@@VSSFantastic i am from RF, and l am born in RF

[@stilpa1]

Yes, young are stupid

[@cdntrooper3078]

Rest in peace to a legend. He truly saved us all.

[@malaha84]

Especially the ukrainians gratefull to him. It's so great to have a war with Russia or somebody else.

[@mapping8941]

Yes, you are absolutely right, he saved the West, and brought the post-Soviet countries into poverty. May he burn in hell, traitor.

[@amazin7006]

@@malaha84 It's better to have a war with Russia than it was with the Soviet Union. Russia is losing so badly it's embarrassing

[@Markos581973]

Huh? lol

[@Markos581973]

@@amazin7006 This is not true, keep listening to the West's news.

[@tyl3r336]

Rest in peace, Gorbachev. We know it wasn't your fault. The last comrade, a long life of 91 years. We salute you.

[@user-hw5kc6hv7d]

Knowing Russian language, I can say, everything that Gorbachev said is truly translated in English

[@meikai2135]

Ну очевидно попробуй они сделать некорректный перевод это бы быстро выяснили. Русский язык заграницей тоже учат и не мало людей увидели это видео.

[@josh2232]

Stfu no one asked

[@andrewatlivankin3713]

Propane who even invited you

[@trying1407]

@@josh2232 no

[@jackhudson1260]

Спасибо, мой Русский друг!

[@felipeneves7260]

"Chilly,but still a war" Thats going in a history book someday

[@felipeneves7260]

@@egorzale7573 So the man who ensured that the USSR didin't splinter into a million bloody pieces and plummet eastern europe into decades of war and senseless violence, not to mention the last leader of the arguably largest country of the 20th century, is not noteworthy enough to be in a history book? Ok then.

[@felipeneves7260]

@@egorzale7573 answer me this: What did you think would have happened If Gorbachev decided to extend the Soviet Union into a techno-informational age the country was NOT prepared for? What would have happened if he had decided to keep eastern berlin a soviet satelite state by brute force, having to silence any further descent from the balcanic countries that were as allways a powder keg waiting for a spark? Could the USSR have hold on for a couple more decades? Maybe. Would It do anything other than slowly self-implode into irrelevance? Hell no If you need an example of this, take a closer look at Post-maoist China

[@siroofsalot5121]

@@colbyallman it was pepsi not coca cola screw coca cola it is bad pepsi is good

[@centralspice8193]

Egor Zaleskis I'm sorry, im not really informed well in this caption, but i can tell you alot about nazis. Well but this sounds not very nice to me! I'm sorry bro!

[@levanya0322]

@@egorzale7573 typical polish who's offended by Russia

[@mike_chr_]

May he rest in peace. To some, a hero. To others, the devil. But at times like these, he’s a human being.

[@hroarrhrogarhalfdanssonafs9414]

That's like saying, may Adolf Hitler rest in peace.

[@user-ni7ui1nk8p]

@@hroarrhrogarhalfdanssonafs9414 you definitely know nothing about him

[@yeah1326]

@@hroarrhrogarhalfdanssonafs9414 That's not the same thing, this guy was nothing like Hitler

[@Gooberman-yv1fp]

​@@yeah1326He killed as much as russians as Hitler did, if not more.

[@Dead25m]

@@hroarrhrogarhalfdanssonafs9414 Imagine comparing Gorbachev to Hitler... Think you fell down a flight of stairs head first before writing that, didn't you?

[@Tj-ho2fs]

RIP to a decent man who did his best.

[@SafakSahin]

When I was a kid, I used to think that Gorbachev had a tattoo of his country on his head. That made me believe he was a really good statesman.

[@balloe3466]

Hahahaha great story

[@nextup123]

Safak Sahin When I was a kid I used to think a lizard had spat on his head or perhaps an adult pisstaker from my family might have told me that but I swear that was what I thought whenever he appeared on tv.

[@stoyanfurdzhev]

Faleiar, or whatever you call it

[@muverrih-imaderzad3478]

Some other Turkish kids like Şafak and me used to think that UN trucks with huge white U and N letters upon them were carrying flour. Un is flour in Turkish.

[@stoyanfurdzhev]

@@muverrih-imaderzad3478 When finally Gorbachev's perestroika succided in Bulgaria in 89 my father had a nervous break down, that I remember as it was yesterday.

[@rastishichka]

He sounds like the type of guy that will tell you many interesting stories while together fishing in a lake

[@user-nt1lc6jc2q]

Rdr2 hosea

[@teamcastro9187]

@@user-nt1lc6jc2q “hello fellers!”

[@samuraispike4615]

I wanna here his side of Chernobyl.

[@rastishichka]

@@samuraispike4615 me too

[@18thshaz]

@@samuraispike4615 watch the hbo series then

[@pollytiks3885]

I was recently wondering what happened to MG and am surprised with how sad I am at his passing. He seems a complicated figure, in many ways a visionary. It’s unfortunate that the people he resided over didn’t prosper following the breakup of the Soviet Union, and so they don’t see him as someone who changed the world for the better. I hope the time is coming when the world will again see leaders who share a vision for global wellbeing and work together to that end. Thank you Mikhail Gorbachev for letting the walls get torn down.

[@daniellucena9694]

Common people in Russia would have followed him.But the biggest problem in that communist Russia,were the soviet leaders(just like today).MG couldn't deal with them because they didn't want to lose their privilegies.But when you ask for the one to blame people only say it was Gorbachov's fault,as if he was kind od Superman able to do everything by himself...Russians still don't realize the big loss they have losing him.And not only russians...

[@viltrumite]

RIP M.Gorbachev. You helped dissolve the Soviet Union. But it has been slowly creeping back ever since. The views you had against weapons of mass destruction, the views to actually have freedom of speech in Russia and so many other things. Hope the afterlife treats you well for it. Even if you didn't handle the Chernobyl accident that well. Guess you didn't have much of a choice at that time.

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

Lmao, what a revisionist nonsense. This guy didn't want to destroy USSR, he wanted to "save" it by greenlighting brutal crackdowns and ethnic cleansing in Soviet republics to suppress any anti-Soviet movement. He was a piece of sh*t.

[@masterofmeow8894]

Lmao Gorbachev is despised in Russia and rightly so. His rule was very bad for Soviets, the collapse and the disaster which followed. Russians lived poorly in the 80s and more in the 90s.

[@salvatoralain5110]

Gorbachev is 88 years old, and he is still sane. Part of his guilt in the collapse of the USSR, he admits. I had to go all the way.

[@JlNnKNN_3HAK]

90 years old!

[@salvatoralain5110]

@@JlNnKNN_3HAK November 8, 2019, then 88 years old

[@generalkenobi470]

Well why didn't you put " was then 88 years old"?

[@AleksanteriR]

Well yeah, but not many understand how it was actually Brezhnevs fault that ussr collapsed. Sure people loved living under his rule but he made collossal mistake by not doing any sorts of reforms.

[@jonsnow1055]

It never should've collapsed. The world needed a block against American monopoly. Anyway China is rising now.

[@RSID]

Reagan is gone, now Bush, and this guy is still here.

[@jimmyz2098]

Yes. But remember..... he was 20 years younger than Regan at that time. Still - amazing that he is still around. And amazing to listen to him speak. I don't like the comment he made about America dropping the bombs on Japan. But I understand why he might say that. This is an amazing little piece of history - this interview.

[@kelvinsurname7051]

@@jimmyz2098 Jimmy carter is still alive.

[@nickverse3463]

@@kelvinsurname7051 Jimmy Carter doesn’t have Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's so.....

[@Nicolas-fx5bz]

“Hey”

[@deltacharlieromeo8252]

@@jimmyz2098 did America not drop 2 atomic bombs and killed hundreds of thousands of INNOCENT people in Japan? Why do you not like his comment 😂 did it hurt your amurican ego?

[@alimtimm7355]

Rip comrade. The fact that today is my 17th birthday and also the day Gorbachev died is something else

[@martin3016]

Rip he sadly passed today :( a true soviet leader

[@nateisawesome766]

a leader that sold his country and people for the enrichment of capitalists. Undoing the successes of the revolution on which the soviet union was founded on

[@uncleflagzz]

"I respect Britain. It's a talented and powerful country." Never thought I'd hear that from the former leader of the USSR

[@negomires2745]

Cringe

[@uncleflagzz]

@@negomires2745 From what Dimension are you that you call this cringe?

[@vitalinet6829]

Of course. He worked well to please them after all! In some photos of his birthday he even dress the english colonial headdress.

[@demoman8714]

@@negomires2745 You do realize your smoking in a arsenal full of powder kegs when you say that right?

[@negomires2745]

@@uncleflagzz it just feels cringe to me i have some issues and i think too manny thing are cringe even if they arent i have anxiety probably

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

He's been alive longer than the Soviet Union did

[@aaronyoung6219]

shows the failure of the system

[@AlexandruSorez]

No he wasn’t.

[@koffiya9184]

@@AlexandruSorez Actually, he was. He was born in 1931, so he's 89 years old, and the Soviet Union existed for roughly 69 years.

[@strafniki1080]

He didnt have to end it tho

[@hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081]

@@koffiya9184 *68

[@desinfected]

Rest in Peace, a legend and a hero. 1931 - 2022, fly high.

[@malaha84]

Why this "hero" live out of Russia after destructing the USSR? Do you know why?

[@amazin7006]

​@@malaha84 Because the autocratic fascists murder all political opposition. Remember their names, Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Magnitsky, Paul Klebnikov, Sergei Yushenkov, Natalia Estemirova, Alexander Perepilichnyy, Boris Berezovsky, Sergei, Yulia SkripalBoris Nemtsov, Denis Voronenkov, Stanislav Markelov And Anastasia Baburova

[@malaha84]

@@amazin7006 What are you talking about? You want to say that capitalism created its criminal?)))

[@user-pp7rn5vp6q]

​@@malaha84 потому что в России его бы убили Его ненавидит народ, он предатель родиины

[@WorkofArtCommentGuy1012]

​@@user-pp7rn5vp6qonly correct answer

[@caab0516]

Rest in Peace. He enabled peace in europe over the last 30 years, it's a shame he had to watch his legacy be destroyed.

[@hroarrhrogarhalfdanssonafs9414]

Thanks to Communist agitator Putin

[@Beef1188]

He looks so changed. If it wasn't for that mark on his head, I wouldn't have recognized him!

[@gamewithadam7235]

What is with the mark on his head?

[@le1xant]

@@gamewithadam7235 birthmark

[@MikePlaysYeet]

Wine spill

[@darkmemes953]

@@MikePlaysYeet lmao

[@arthurmorgan7642]

@@darkmemes953 I think that's actually what the term for it is actually called lol🤣

[@Oof-th5hz]

This how you interview someone. You let them speak freely without interrupting them, that's what an interviewer must do.

[@joaoalves9330]

Lol I just watched that video a few hours ago

[@andriod8014]

Putin cuts off his opposition what do you expect? Shooting them?

[@kazakhmarxist3488]

Putin top

[@megawave79]

@@andriod8014 agreed I'm not a fan of this russia.

[@andriod8014]

@@megawave79 watch Navely vid on Putin. Hes living a double life, one portrays him as a leader and the other a pussy.

[@oskitrainspotter]

In memory of the last leader of the Soviet Union, we must play the Soviet anthem for respect

[@wederMaxim]

As a tribute to the victims of his policies.

[@porsche911sbs]

@@wederMaxim The Soviet and Russian peoples suffered under all their leaders. Russia is a country that has been perpetually exploited, betrayed, and abused by its own leaders. At least Gorbachev tried to make things better.

[@wederMaxim]

@@porsche911sbs How the people suffered under Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev... and other Soviet leaders before Gorbachev? Except for the WW1

[@porsche911sbs]

​@@wederMaxim Lenin: Red Terror (1918-1922), honest socialists, SRs and Mensheviks, were executed for opposing Bolshevik policies Stalin: Holodomor (1932-33), poor policies led to needless amount of starvation Stalin: Great Purge of 1937 and subsequent purges led to thousands of loyal communists being executed, including a significant amount of Red Army officers (weakening the Red Army before the invasion by Germany) Stalin: Russification policies and suppression of nationalities other than Russian and Georgian led to suffering and resentment of Russia and the USSR (contributed to the USSR's weakness later on and exploited during the collapse of the USSR) Khrushchev and successors: Censorship led to the repression of free speech that criticized the government

[@wederMaxim]

@@porsche911sbs Lenin did everything right. To hell with the White Guard fascists. The Holodomor is a common Ukrainian propaganda. About Stalin's purges: there is such a liberal historian (used to be a liberal) Viktor Nikolaevich Zemskov, who instead of writing books about how Stalin eats babies, did a terrible thing - got into the archives. After that, he wrote a book with the stupid title "Stalin and the People, why the people did not rise up," where he made terrible conclusions that over 30 years of bloody Stalinism, no more than 1.5 percent of the population suffered from the terrible Stalinist repressions. Freedom of speech is complete bullshit. She was nowhere and never will be. I can't say anything about Russification. This is the last thing liberals remember when they lie about Stalin, so I've never looked for anything on this topic.

[@Def_7470]

Gorbachev was a great man, who freed Russians after years of hardship. RIP Gorbachev, you will be missed. Edit: I’ve since educated myself on what he did, he wasn’t the greatest man to ever live.

[@augustuscaesar7491]

Rest In Peace. But your comment about “freeing Russians” is so ignorant and offensive. Russians literally hate him for what he did to their country. Russia in the 90s was traumatic for all Russians.

[@user-bh4jc3ew9k]

От чего нас освободил !? От бесплатной медицины !? От бесплатного образования !? От бесплатных квартир !? От того что у нас никогда не было безработицы !? ... от того что мы были настоящими людьми ! гори в аду !

[@aliyaaliya3866]

@@user-bh4jc3ew9k от голода меня лично

[@firsargentum5920]

@@augustuscaesar7491 How can you make an omelette without breaking some eggs?

[@user-bh4jc3ew9k]

@@aliyaaliya3866 он голод сам и создал в конце 80 х, в ютубе много роликов как качественные продукты свозили на свалку а на прилавках был пшик . Создал для быстрейшего развала СССР . Невзоров не даст соврать , есть его видео тех времен , такие как вы ему верите .

[@tahamohammad1741]

Imagine discussing politics with Mikhail Gorbachev himself Edit 8/30-2022: rip Mr. Gorbachev (1921-2022)

[@morlnsk]

Ikr? It's amazing

[@akshaymurugesh]

It will be interesting to chat about politics with him

[@presidentnag4114]

Good

[@blagoevski336]

RIP

[@dabay200]

Gorbachev is right about nukes, but he seems a little scared of Putin.

[@MilkTea101]

He ratted us out, he has all the reason to be scared.

[@colonel1003]

Every Russian is scared of Putin.

[@colonel1003]

Putin is basically Stalin but way less evil.

[@KPG113]

Have you seen what he does to political dissidents? He's basically diet Stalin.

[@arnaudvanderlinden4459]

Putin is a Strong leader but when he is gone there will be a huge vacuum in Russia

[@aidaaliten8817]

Who else is here after gorbachev passed away

[@48sufi]

A wise man indeed. Part of my history. He died today. May you rest in peace Mr. Gorbachev. One of few real politicians. You saved the world. You saved humanity

[@jonjam5746]

Gorbacev would be go to heaven 🙏

[@48sufi]

@@jonjam5746 Amen

[@IWishIDidntExist2333]

Gorbachev died with his Legacy. Putin completely reversed his progress in just a few years. At the start, I respected Vladimir for strengthening the Russian economy, and like Gorbachev said he stopped the Chaos. I've never been pro-Russian because I am someone whose brothers and sisters have been murdered and r@ped by the barbarians of Stalin and then shot and hanged by Khrushchev's men, I'm deeply saddened about his passing and funeral. It is outrageous that only my country's leader paid respect to him. He obviously wasn't perfect and I can understand the Russians hating on him for the suffering the collapse of the USSR had brought upon them. Gorbachev wasn't perfect, even he had some blood on his hand, but he was an extraordinary man. With his passing, we've lost an advocate of nuclear disarmament and peace. Gorbachev was the leader of the people. Rest in Peace, Mikhail. At least he's finally reunited with his wife.

[@MatveyIndrikov]

@@IWishIDidntExist2333 I've got, why Americans love M. G.) Russians hate him for years of poor. It was not time of poor in 1941-1949 or 1920-1930, because architectours of socialism helped people. In time of M. G. russians were destroyed not only in physical plan, but morally. Our country is falling. What we must feel? Everything got plus and minus, for example, keep the Russia is more simple than USSR because of large of country. But for our nation it was big tragedy...

[@IWishIDidntExist2333]

@@MatveyIndrikov Yea, I completely understand your point. Russia in the 90s was in ruins and I cannot even imagine what people have gone through.

[@egorgianbaptist4611]

I searched him up a few months ago. I was shocked to find out he was still alive. This man has lived more than 3 decades since he was "removed" from power.

[@carlosvera-ip6qx]

Ikr with him and also fedelcashtro who died in 2016 I thought he died in like the 1980s

[@Theonewhoknocks422]

@@carlosvera-ip6qx *Fidel Castro

[@RUfromthe40s]

he removed himself from power ,or soviet union still exists, have you heard about perestroika

[@_hnghngdv9113]

地狱害怕解体，所以不接收戈尔巴乔夫🤣

[@RUfromthe40s]

@@_hnghngdv9113 they don´t want him there because he destroid soviet union

[@KarmaKahn]

"It's important to change leaders" "It's in the constitution" Then Putin goes and change the constitution...

[@firstsecond4413]

As a russian i said , our human rights are not respected, and now after the "vote" it has become worse

[@firstsecond4413]

@@MekouianskiGelareffe Sorry for my English, I dont know how in France with human rights, but I think you have better rights than we have in Russia, I have not thoroughly compared so dont be angry. Putin has been in power for 20 years and if at the beginning many but not everyone thought that this was a fresh breath of air, now it is an authoritarian regime where only people loyal to the government are needed and they simply get rid of unwanted people (they put them in prisons for fabricated cases, reproach for psychiatric hospital, etc.), so that many, like me, hate Putin and his friends. someone said that "while the whole world is developing according to Huxley, Russia is following Orwell."

[@commonfolk663]

@KarmaKahn ok, heres a better translation - "Its in constitution, we intended it this way, but sometimes, when Country goes through changes, it could be that none is ready to take on... Putin inherited chaos and he resolved this chaos! Media says, he still needs time, I am for law, but I'm for people's opinion above all" Its very sad, but IMO entire world is like one Orwell novel. Perhaps, Illusion of freedom is even worse than lack of it, for oppression can be seen and measured but if your freedom is nothing but a dream, there might be no escape

[@kvincik]

Wilhelm der Dritte I hope I may share my point of view with you. Problem of Russia has become complex because Putin made all branches of government listen to him, even if it goes against the law and the Constitution. You might know the “State Duma” what is analog of National Assembly in France. So this Duma is just a circus. They actually make nothing. We call 'em “system opposition” cos they exist to be like a picture on TV. Clever people in Russia know that there is a gang of oligarchs who steal oil. Putin is in there. Russia has enormous number of problems. Unfortunately, with corrupted system becomes impossible to make any changes. It is even worse, than the Soviet Union in 70-80’s because people could live. Somehow, but could. What happens now? People live in those old soviet houses and try to struggle. Russia is flying into the abyss.

[@kvincik]

Wilhelm der Dritte Gotcha, thank you very much for your polite and pleasant words about Russia. We’ll see in the future what’s gonna be. I believe in the nice future of France too! Greetings from Russia 🇷🇺. Vive la France 🇫🇷 :)

[@nik4546]

He was a man born into a communist system and brainwashed by it like millions of others, but as he reached political positions of power, he remained a decent and open-minded person despite the regime's assault on his brain when he was young. He opened talks with the west. He tolerated oposition. He let Germany reunite withoit intervention. He was a dedicated pacifist whose policies - directly or indirectly - led to the collapse of USSR, an evil communist empire. Was he a perfect man? Far away from it, but he did everything in his power while in the context of his position to make the world a better place. History will be kind to Gorby because he was kind to history. May you rest in peace, which you absolutely deserve, and know that future generations will remember your legacy.

[@goatmapper]

Rest in Peace Gorbachev

[@harshsinghal5898]

Imagine what those eyes must have witnessed.

[@sooryan_1018]

His own nation getting collapsed and chaos

[@siam9914]

Biggest traitor to one's own nation

[@Dadouf112]

@@siam9914 wtf boss baby??

[@christopherjohnson3464]

@@siam9914 Oh yes of course tried to improve the lives of everyone succeeded but then Yeltsin dissolved the Soviet Union and he took the balme

[@AlifLamMiim]

@@christopherjohnson3464 You’re partially right, a lot of other Russians will say he was a traitor and he collapsed the Union. I think that this wasn’t his intention, but the fact that he doesn’t live in Russia now says quite a bit. He might have had good intentions and actually done something about the ailing country, but glorifying him definitely isn’t right. Edit: I made a mistake in my comment, he lives in a dacha outside moscow nowadays but he left for GB after the fall of the USSR.

[@user-lg8bo2yr5l]

This guy is literal living history

[@Chuked]

Ikr imagine all the things he knows

[@osamabinladen824]

@@Chuked Exactly

[@zyanego3170]

True

[@zyanego3170]

@Crosby That was Yeltsin. Gorbashew wanted to save the USSR

[@jaliljalilov3876]

Disagree

[@Joshua_Cares]

One of the most legendary figures of the 20th Century for sure! With his birthmark, Gorbachev became the portrait for diplomacy, cooperation, and world peace. RIP

[@Gooberman-yv1fp]

Gorbachov arguably killed more russians than Hitler, or at least comparable numbers. Truly someone a westerner would love.

[@afnan3374]

Rest in peace legends 🥀💐

[@mapping8941]

The legend that destroyed the USSR with its inept government

[@vividplayz4854]

@@mapping8941 Maybe but Gorbachev allowed greater freedom in the USSR. He even let eastern block to choose it's own future. If it wasn't for him all former soviet republics would've been still under a dictatorship.

[@mapping8941]

@@vividplayz4854 do you know anything about the crisis of the 90s? how much the post-Soviet countries suffered from the destruction of the USSR, how many wars and conflicts began because of the separation. Oh freedom, now we can afford a pizza hut! What unification, "freedom"! I'm just smeared with it, I need it so much! If the USA collapsed, I guess, the USSR would also award prizes and An award-winning president who would have made this. You see only good things in the destruction of the USSR, the "evil empire" has spread, finally the United States can carry out operations and no one will stop it, carry out operations in Libya, Syria, Yugoslavia ... And no one can do anything to her will say because there is no USSR.

[@fabriciooliveira6459]

Putin: *Spends 36 years in power * Gorbachev: 👁️👄👁️

[@vadimgolub8605]

well as we heard from this interview he doesn't actually give a fuck how long putin will rule the country. meet the real democrat...

[@randomriku6774]

He hasnt spent 36 years on power tho

[@k.i.c6463]

@@randomriku6774 Russians 'voted' him in to office until 2036. Putin took power in early 2000's

[@simonkaggwanjala6873]

👅

[@user-jk4wx6ju4e]

@@k.i.c6463 wrong. He CAN be voted in future. Nobody knows what will happen in Russian politic after civil war in Belarus

[@MKMK-bj2sk]

*Mikhail "I shook hands with both Ronald, Reagan and McDonald" Gorbachev*

[@Isa-fn6rs]

If your name end with "in" time to get out

[@ivanbrkan8611]

@Ash Chat tore down that wall like the kool aid man!

[@emojiking8580]

I shook hands with Ronald McDonald

[@OtakuExtreme25]

@@ivanbrkan8611 you two need yoga and you need showah

[@ivanbrkan8611]

@@OtakuExtreme25 and you all need to learn how to handle real power

[@subrahmanyamgudipati268]

Praising him is natural by West and US. Since, he is a trailer of USSR.

[@zol4996]

One of the greatest leader of all time Rest in peace gorbachev

[@ethanhu4960]

Greatest leader is not accurate, but I would say he’s definitely a good man

[@malaha84]

What he did well? To destroy huge country is good?

[@amazin7006]

@@malaha84 Yes it is good. Cry about it commie

[@dijoxx]

Is that what they teach you at school?

[@Bluesonofman]

Still surprises me that this guy owns a Pizza Hutt.

[@XxCheese69xX]

What? I must knoe

[@antikokalis]

@@XxCheese69xX Some years ago he did a commercial for Hutt

[@Khronik_]

Frank Reynolds Yeah who knew that he worked for the Hutts

[@daniebudipratomo8145]

@@antikokalis look this video my friend's kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJjQYmd6Zs97i9k

[@daniebudipratomo8145]

@@Khronik_ he just need money for he foundation

[@jasonalonso5630]

Don't lie, we all thought he was long dead

[@JustGOC]

I tried to search up if he was dead and no answers until now

[@trollege9618]

Yeah, I don't research if he's dead or not. I just guessed he's dead.

[@adiossoydaniel]

I knew he was alive

[@aimanilham2787]

I thought he was dissapear :D

[@osamabinladen824]

You're right.

[@ivvvkka]

I'm shocked that someone blames Gorbachev for destroying USSR. And I'm touched that he admits his fault in some interviews. Rest in piece, Mister Gorbachev! Even if it's true, at least you gave people what they wanted to recieve. Your government was more democratic than the modern Russian democracy

[@Artovna]

I’ll tell you a secret, there was democracy in the USSR even under Stalin.

[@trainerred6990]

​@@Artovnaоднопартийная демократия это не демократия вовсе

[@Artovna]

@@trainerred6990 Демократия - Народовластие, учебник по истории 5 класса, значение слова "Демократия". Что-то ещё?

[@trainerred6990]

@@Artovna Народовластия не может существовать без многопартийности

[@Artovna]

@@trainerred6990 Буржуазная - да

[@adomantm]

Rest in Peace

[@danielayodele6139]

"Let us grow our food. Just make sure there's no war". The man listened to THE PEOPLE.

[@blackpaint9093]

No he didnt. He ended the great soviet union while 65% of the population voted for it to be kept.....

[@NikolaAvramov]

And he took orders from the MI6.

[@sonicmeerkat]

@@blackpaint9093 wasn't there a coup though that instigated the federated republics to declare independance in order to avoid the chaos of a possible civil war?

[@fyodorkojevin5756]

Yeah, thanks to his reforms Russia was a real hell in the 90s. Thanks to him, nationalism began to flourish in the republics, which was quite local under previous rulers. Thanks to him Russia lost 10m people. Thanks to him, the Russian economy has experienced almost the largest regression in history and is now supported by the remnants of the Soviet economy. Not least because of him, Chechnya rose up and this bloody and senseless slaughter began. Thanks to HIS reforms, an oligarchy was established in Russia. Thanks to HIM, appeared many millionaires who robbed the country in the 90s. Yeah, he really listened people.

[@sonymangames]

@@fyodorkojevin5756 You know that the occupied republics aren't and never were Russia. He didn't lost people, he gave what the countries wanted and had until the moment Stalin came in and turned everything to shit. And now Russia is occuping lands yet again. I hope that Russia suffers, but I'm also very sad about the Russian people that don't deserve this. :(

[@nidenghui7379]

Gorbachev is one of the rare politicians who really changed the history.

[@merearly]

Ni Denghui what if someone assassinate him at dis moment

[@cummerchant542]

Michael WIlson then he would be dead

[@dauletshynybaev]

He did, but in which way?

[@unrealrailway1592]

@@dauletshynybaev I would say good. He seems to have cared for what his people wanted, avoided war and peacefully dissolved the Soviet Union. As far as I know.

[@dauletshynybaev]

Unreal Railway 1 peacefully? Read some information from Soviet Union, it says that lots of countries didn’t even want to leave Soviet Union, like Kazakhstan, Belarus, and lots of others (you can check it). People was killed, a lot of peasants didn’t have any money after that, and crime rate went up, one time ruble was more expensive then dollar, but after G.K.CH.P. everything went wrong. Countries was pushed to leave. So maybe he wanted everything to be good, but he couldn’t hold such a big country in his hands, which made it collapse

[@helicocktor]

Like every other human who ever lived, he wasn't perfect. But he tried his very best to be a decent human being, and I believe, for that; he deserves to rest in peace. Do not go gentle into that good night, old man. I'm sorry you had to live long enough to see your work undone by Vladimirovich, Putin.

[@ericfernandez9]

Gorbachov operated gulags.

[@wholeworldtraveller1632]

A brilliant leader and a brilliant human being. One of the greatest that ever lived. If all were like him, the World would be a far better place. He served the people of Russia, not some bunch of self serving corporations and power hungry individuals. Rest in Peace, you performed a great service to planet Earth that changed history.

[@wederMaxim]

He served a bunch of parasites and the West. Not for the people of Russia.

[@Gooberman-yv1fp]

He didnt serve the people of Russia. He betrayed them. Dont pretend to know what suffering Gorbachovs actions caused.

[@maksim05makarov]

Народу России служили только Владимир Ленин и Иосиф Сталин.

[@maksim05makarov]

@@GagaLala-mk3ei ну так поэтому они и служили, что были расстрелы. Большинство наших проблем сейчас от-того, что многие люди не расстреляны.

[@michaelmatar878]

Me : scrolling in boredom KZbin : soviet russia? Me: yes komrade

[@dimitripapadinikolaus]

durr cringe

[@alanmaclaren4118]

@Dimitri Papa di Nikolaus you are cringe

[@dimitripapadinikolaus]

Alan MacLaren • 76 years ago durr cringe

[@alanmaclaren4118]

@Dimitri Papa di Nikolaus get your ass to gulag

[@mrtoaster3427]

@@alanmaclaren4118 Too bad man..Gulag didn't exist anymore..... But the prison still exist!

[@samh3805]

It’s so strange how upfront he is, it’s something not really often found in world leaders.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

thats when you know he's completely kicked out of all circles of power he can finally tell the truth LOL

[@domm5955]

He got there in the end. Minus Chernobyl...

[@danielmogilny1188]

Look at interviews most former leaders in power after they're no longer in power. Its pretty similar

[@JD-Media]

Because he has nothing to lose and nothing to protect.

[@genepozniak]

He was ANYTHING BUT up front. Everything he said about Putin (though he was too afraid to even mention him by name--even commenting on the fact that he wasn't mentioning him) was indirect, and even that tiny indirect criticism was followed up with ridiculous excuses for Putin clinging to power: "I hear on the news [state-controlled news!] that the people still want him to stay on...and finish the job." And ONE THING IS CLEAR: He must have ruled out from the beginning answering any questions on Putin's ANNEXATION of CRIMEA!

[@vanadjog7700]

He is there He is watching us, hearing us and feeling us from the heavens Soul is eternal, President Gorbachev will live on, revolving the history He is not gone, just set into deep sleep

[@vanadjog7700]

I met Gorbachev in person in march 2021 Belive me I haven't met such inspirational personality like gorbachev, no other one in my life have given me this huge amount of enlightment!!

[@belkYT]

he is rotting in hell

[@ZadenZane]

I remember watching the news in the 1980s when Reagan, Thatcher, Gorbachev, Mitterrand and Kohl were in power all at the same time. It seems totally iconic now.

[@EMILFEIKMAN]

Holy shit, the interviewer has some pristine russian. Props to that.

[@harveyhassett967]

EMIL FEIKMAN he is a Russian working for BBC

[@stoyanfurdzhev]

@@Masaru_kun Who is the cats

[@CelebrianUndomiel]

I thought he was Russian!! was a bit shocked when Gorbachev said "you british"

[@vetersevernyj6842]

@@harveyhassett967 his accent is way off for a russian native

[@harveyhassett967]

veter severnyj I just guessed to be honest ahahah

[@chaos4395]

Everyone: Queen Elizabeth is immortal! Me, an intellectual: Gorbachev noises

[@unsec-genantonioguterres5788]

Well, Queen Elizabeth reign since the 1950s while Gorbachev didn't reach a decade in office. Also, the Queen is way older than Gorbachev.

[@LeNumidium]

@@unsec-genantonioguterres5788 r/wooosh

[@highgrounder]

@@LeNumidium I believe it is r/woooosh with 4 o's

[@daithideburca98]

@@unsec-genantonioguterres5788 yes but unlike queen liz, he actually had power and did something nobel with it

[@PushingCz]

Jimmy carter noises

[@dancemacabremusic2005]

Развалил он конечно СССР. Ок, но лучше то стало?

[@blackjumbaron7940]

This hits harder knowing he just died.

[@AllenMQuinn]

For an 89 year old man, he looks much younger. Could easily pass for 70s.

[@JlNnKNN_3HAK]

90 years old

[@hamzamahmood9565]

He was 10 years old when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The man lived through the chapters of our history book! R.I.P.

[@DJALEXNOWO]

He was smaller when Soviet Union and Nazi germany invaded Poland together

[@lincolngray4362]

@@DJALEXNOWO he was even smaller when Germany annexed Austria

[@2elss]

@@lincolngray4362 And he was born a month after Japan invaded Manchuria. Everything else right after, this man has lived through!

[@MaxMustermann-cq9gw]

And he shaped the course of our history books as well

[@Hbkjjgh]

Να λες τα πράγματα με το όνομα τούς Η Ναζιστική Γερμανία εισέβαλε στην Σοβιετικη ένωση και μετά. Πήγαινε η Σοβιετικη ένωση εκεί. Νάτο λες όπως είναι όχι να αλλάζουμε την ιστορία.

[@earlgarcia2512]

Rest in peace to the man who changed the world and opposed the war. I can't blame Gorbachev for the collapse of the USSR. he tried to preserve the Soviet Union and quit communism, but the coup-de-etat by the communist hardliners erupted... Now, Putin screwed Russia up and triggered Cold War 2 thanks to his war (or "special operation") in Ukraine.

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

Truly a humble campaigner for peace. We lost a wise giant of History. Rest in peace. 🕊

[@Mrbootyman]

For those who thought he was dead, you're thinking of Yeltsin.

[@stefanito_m4354]

no we weren't

[@Khronik_]

Hey when can I preorder Soviet Union 2?

[@MaggotDiggo1]

I suspect most people assumed he was dead because he seems like a character of history from a bygone era.

[@pjohnson3690]

When Stalin died nobody wanted to disturb him just in case he might be sleeping and wake up in a bad mood. True story.

[@Rockstroem]

@Lance Penguin I don't see the validity of comparing a random US citizen to the head of state of the Soviet Union in terms of "are we going to check if he's alive?". Talk about whataboutism.

[@rusitoexplorador]

You know Putin is powerful when even the Soviet Union Prime minister is afraid to talk about him

[@tankop1043]

Damn Putin, he is dictator

[@sadanandkumbhar9960]

@@tankop1043 .

[@tankop1043]

@@sadanandkumbhar9960 yes, i admit... I was very rude, but it doesn't means that i said lie

[@lilyxo507]

Im from Russia and the Putin is truly a dictator

[@pikppa]

Putin is no dictator. Russia had dictators, we know how to tell the difference

[@Windows-hv8vj]

RIP President Gorbachev. His reforms to the union were astronomical. HE SHALL NEVER DIE.

[@wederMaxim]

I agree. This shit will be raked for generations. Hatred for him will be inherited.

[@kaz5807]

Rest In Peace.

[@ipiepiepiei9550]

"Did somebody say, birthmark?"

[@giantrunt]

If your name ends with in, time to get out!

[@calistoyew1313]

Mikhail Raleigh Patricio no shit

[@vixensantana]

Did somebody say real power?

[@dudebop8203]

Said hello to both Ronald's,Reagan and McDonald's no doubt

[@vixensantana]

greg oscar You ruined the joke.

[@Radi0he4d1]

"Chilly war," I like the phrase

[@sanyalox01]

Let's hope we don't get frozen war...

[@RPGTKingpin]

Well I mean, thanks to climate change can you really call any war cold anymore? :P

[@kimjongun5676]

@@sanyalox01 *laughs in anti freeze*

[@alexisg1147]

R.I.P. Michael Gorbachev I heard the news like 2 hour ago when i came home after i came from Mexico i was obviously tired of the trip but the fact that he was still alive while i was arriving shocked me and still is doing that this man is literally a Musium and ok he wasn't a dictator neither the most democratic person obviously but i recognize that he tried his best And i agree with that with the nukes

[@amalthomask8158]

legendary interview! Very much relevant each words in current situations.

[@autherkather3611]

When you have 1 nuclear bomb, you are the axis of terror; when you have 10 nuclear bombs, you are the factor of regional instability; when you have 100 nuclear bombs, you are an important force to maintain regional stability; When you have 500 nuclear bombs, you are an important participant in the international order; when you have more than 2,000 nuclear bombs, you are the cornerstone of global peace and stability.

[@gigachad-jh1dh]

auther Kather so truee

[@skepticsr_us]

When you kill one man, you are called a murderer and they hang you. When you kill one million men, you are called a hero and they give you a medal.

[@ye5396]

And that’s us and Russia

[@promisedmillennium]

@Britannic hayyomatt Your thought with nukes is right but your example is shit. Chemical weapons especially gas was way too expensive and had a bad use/death ratio. Normal weapons were more cost and kill effective that's the only reason for not using them. Furthermore you could argue that Hitler feared/detested chemical weapons because he experienced them on himself in WW1.

[@promisedmillennium]

@Britannic hayyomatt Exactly disabling the enemy is the goal. With poison gas you do that to you and the enemy. Back in WW1 there were multible occasions where your own attack was carries back to your trenches by the wind or the gas accumulated in the area for 1-2 days. Furthermore gas has a shelf life like everything else. You can't store it infinitely therefore it has to be replaced regularly aswell as stored in a special way. (shelf life: weeks in normal canisters and temperature and months in very cold conditions). All in all it's a way more costly endeavour. To cripple men shells are therfore more price efficient than poison gas. And yes they were concerned that the allies would use chemical weapons as retaliation but the production overall just doubled in consequence because again they knew that it is way to expensive. Moreover till the end of the war in 1945 45 million people's gas masks were produced (almost the same amount as the population of Britannia)

[@billclinton3862]

"You British are clever clogs" hes basically speaking English there

[@user-tx1lf7vs3n]

But it's just how they translated his words... The meaning of 'Clever clogs' suited well for the Russian word 'умники' and that's it

[@RASIII9]

Родион Свинухов I would say “smartasses” would be the proper translation tbh

[@billclinton3862]

@@RASIII9 Yeah but in English thats an insult

[@psychedeliccarrie5921]

@@billclinton3862 not necessarily, smartass just means you're creative with your words and like to humor people. At least that's the way I always took it. So clever clogs would come close.

[@billclinton3862]

@@psychedeliccarrie5921 probably

[@goodboll]

Покойся с миром 😢

[@EgorKour]

Гори в аду

[@fist5]

rest in peace