Mikhail Gorbachev: World in ‘colossal danger’ - BBC News
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- 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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He knows about Fukashima. He knows all life is being killed. He saved Europe over 800 troops died fighting Chernobyl. He knows 3 full meltdowns underway. All life.
Nice clip of Gorvachev aside you are the enemy of the western people BBC.
Nuclear Weapons aren't real in the way you think.
These weapons were used nonstop to fight the people of any nation that had them and are still being used!
The weapon splits the Nuclear Family and dismantles any society that uses the lie.
Truth is that you cannot create nuclear bombs because uranium doesn't disperse its energy fast enough to cause an explosion.
@@sterlinglee98 That makes no sense what so ever.
He’s still alive?!
Same thought I had when I saw
No, BBC is interviewing him from beyond the grave
MR Thomas I thought so
He looked older than he was, because of his hair.
No he died 10 years ago
History classes never really gave him the credit he deserves for the part he played in ending the cold war. As the saying goes, history is written by the victors.
Vincent Suapi there are no victors in Cold War
1: History is not written by the victor. History is written by witnesses and historians. The lost cause support for the confederacy is clear evidence for this.
2: if western history classes don’t mention Gorbachev a lot, how does that reinforce the idea that history is written by the victor? He has a positive view in the west for exactly as you describe. Blame how watered down History classes are in public school.
FIREBIRD44 exactly we learned about Gorbachev my freshmen year of high school
FIREBIRD44 Thank you! I despise that saying because you would be giving evils like the KKK, Nazism, and Communism sympathy for not winning the side of history.
Brčko Ustaša
Its your own point of view, unfortunately not everyone agrees with you.
This video is so shocking - I had no idea Gorbachev is still living.
Jimmi Alli
Yeah
Same
He's a hero no one wants us to know about.
He lives near San Francisco, that why SF going to collapse pretty soon.
Aleks Korzhov Yawn.
One of the few people who won a Nobel Peace Prize who actually earned it.
Not like Obama
What Does value of that nonsense noble prize
look other side too blood she'd of millions by US led NATO after collapse of USSR from world stage
President of USSR is more than enough diginity enjoy the superpower status
no need to run after this nonsense noble prize what a use of that. only disrespect the RUSSIAN On world stage
Now M G should dance around that prize till death
what a achievement
after collapse the USSR US and Allie's NATO how they celebrate the VICTORY with out go in the battlefield with mighty USSR what bad day was for RED ARMY imagine then discuss the noble prize to a single incapable MAN on driving seat in modren RUSSIAN history
You are absolutely correct,,, a real world leader,,,, God Bless him and his late wife Raisa,,,,
I got my first chuckle of the day on this one. The Nobel awards are a farce and yes the award and him deserve each other. He’s a pariah and just a few decades ahead of the award in that race to the bottom.
Thanks Obama.
His face tells how disappointed he is. He made that treaty together with the US and now everyone breaks it.
Also, it seems like in these years a lot of old or former politicians are taking their stand. Even my country does it.
Dieter kimpel
Who? Mahathir?
@Charles Pukeowski *Soviet Union
@Charles Pukeowski no, Soviet Union
They miss the Cold War
(Edit as of 14 November 2019: I have noticed several comments in this thread has been deleted or otherwise removed. Where the thread has once held a complete record of discourse on my comments on Gorbachev, it no longer does. I caution that the arguments, perspectives and representations contained in replies to this post has been edited by UA-cam or some individual with the ability to do so. I am not aware of any replies being personally aggressive or intentionally offensive, and I see no reason behind such editing. While it is sad for me to say, the following is no longer a true recollection of free speech at the time. Below is my original post.)
This man’s legacy is concession.
When two world powers stood on the edge of world destruction, each more willing and eager to move closer and closer, each willing to threaten and dare the other side, this man conceded the us against them, victory or death, zero-sum race to the end of humanity.
With one fell swoop, he gave up the dreams, blood, sweat and tears of the Russian people. He gave up the hope of Russian domination and he dissolved a union which embodied a millennia of cooperation.
Yet he saved his people, spared them suffering of all the economic and social political toll that was unsustainable to keep the arms race going. He saved the people of Asia, Middle-east and Eastern Europe from decades of proxy wars. He walked the line of reform bordering on treasonous. He saved the world from nuclear war and ensured humanity will continue. And yes, he saved countless Americans, who were the enemies, so that they too, may live on.
Gorbachev demonstrated the spirit of humanity in his concession. The humility to be the loser rather than self-righteous, prideful, and sadistic mutually destructive soviet union. He could have, lived, died and upheld his ideology to the cost of all else, like so many dictators, tyrants and kings of the old. His humanity won. There is no finer moment in human history than when one sacrifice all they hold dear, to ensure salvation upon their enemies. And that, is this mans legacy.
Well said and 👍👍👍👍👍
Brilliantly said. It takes a lot of balls to make a decision that doesnt benefit you own people, but ultimately benefits the entire human race. Pity the Americans aren’t as humble and visionary as this man.
These words shld be kept in description of this video
I read your entire comment. I don’t know much about this man, but I feel like I know what I need to know now.
Coming from a Trump supporter like me,
I salute Gorbachev. He’s a real life hero.
@@lordrandolf1
Gorbachev is the last leader of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviets from the height of the cold war, to conceding the code war to America and then disbanding the Union in 1991.
Compared to the Stalinists and hardcore conservatives before him, he was the most progressive. He saw the famine, despair and suffering in his people, so he slowly allowed western developments into the USSR. It was under him that McDonalds was allowed, that Pop music was allowed, that JEANS was allowed into the USSR. From the people's perspective, he was a great reformer, making concessions on the Iron Curtain and allowing these things to bring a little happiness into the lives of the people.
From the USSR traditional leader and bureaucratic system's point of view. Gorbachev was a traitor. He was betraying the ideals of communism and socialism (even though the USSR was never truly Marxist) and the greatest work union of the world. He was allowing the people to be 'contaminated' by western capitalistic and imperialistic ideals. He was making concessions to the enemies without getting anything in return. He was visibly losing on purpose, the cold war. Gorbachev faced a lot of opposition in the USSR internally, there were coups and he was, at one time, arrested by the KGB.
From the western perspective, Gorbachev was the weakest link in the line of USSR leaders. He could be reasoned with and his care for the people of the USSR was a leverage upon which he could be bargained with. Despite all the public impression, Ronald Reagan (who was actually fairly anti-war) met with Gorbachev several month after he was elected at Geneva and reached one of the earliest understandings/agreements on nuclear disarmament. The west saw it as a sign of weakness, and crafted the careful deal of NATO, upon which Gorbachev conceded Germany but NATO must not expand eastwards past Germany. It was made in good faith but after the concession, NATO expanded east until the Russian border. They saw Gorbachev as a fool. A man who made concessions but should have realised the full repercussions.
I have made my perspective on this man clear in my first post. To elaborate, prior to his leadership, the USSR was concerned with how to win a hypothetical nuclear war with the US, or failing to win, how to inflict maximum, first strike, uninterruptible damage to the most major cities as possible. It was an apocalyptic era, the wealthy in the US built their own bomb shelters and stocked them with rations. Children was taught how to flip over their school desks and hide behind them against nuclear fire. The governments were even worse, when US declared a missile defense system that could deflect 90% of the ballistic missiles with certainty, the USSR would declare that if 10% of their nuclear arsenal breached the defense system, it would still average out to about 4-5 nukes per city and cause the total destruction of the US. Each state was drunk on this bravado, us against them certainty that saw nuclear tests gets bigger and bigger, take place in the heavens and under the sea. Moving nukes closer and closer to their enemies, US moved them to Turkey, USSR tried to move them to Cuba. The latter resulted in the closest moment the world ever came to world destruction. It was a drunken zeal that few at the time stopped to consider the true consequences.
Look at the US now, Trumpians and Democratics could not be more divided. It is as if the grand canyon opened beneath the people of the US, each side living in a bubble of their own, shrieking at the other side while refusing to listen. Gorbachev lived during a time and in a USSR ideology 'bubble' worse than today's information bubble. He had no access to the outside world, no internet, no globalist perspective, no friends from overseas. He was born and breed in the deep red, communist agenda that begun with Lenin. Yet something in him allowed him to think above all of that, to lift himself up and step outside of the bubble by himself, against incredible forces, to consider the world and the future. To realise that the only way to win a game of nuclear war, is not to play.
Hence he conceded. Unappreciated and misunderstood, seen in a negative light by most sides, as a traitor, as a weakness, as a fool. But I consider him a great man. I do not consider a country great because it has great military strength and the willingness to apply it. I consider the greatness in countries, in leaders, in humanity by the restraint, humility and mercy in having such force, yet having the wisdom to concede, to be the bigger man in history. As the world move towards more and more division, extremism and conflict (armed or otherwise), may men like Gorbachev prevail.
And in other news Mikhail Gorbachev is actually still alive.
Mandela effect.
😂😂😂🤣🤣😆😆😆
@@notinterested8452 You're probably joking, but it has more to do with his importance in history fading quickly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He either did not lead a public life after, or was unable to with everyone wanting to leave that era behind.
Carter: Hold my peanuts
@@notinterested8452 *Disney wants to know your location*
A honest politician....the world needs more like him
His breed died out long ago...unfortunately
in america especially, i hope they get their gorbachev who destroys america
You do.... His name is Vladimir Putin.
Do your research
Peolple don’t realise how important this guy was
Hello how he is important. Give examples. Thanks for commenting here. Saludos
@@pavelavietor1 too important to reduce to a single UA-cam comment
and what about Reagan though? didn't he intentionally spend bookoo money on our military to force the USSR to do the same (Cold War) and that's actually what ended up bankrupting them, and causing the collapse of the Soviet Union?
and I know he is a DEVIL!!! When I was 6 years old, his bombs were dropping on our village like rain. I nearly got killed because of him and I witnessed blood shed of the most innocent people. I saw my friend killed and his grandmothers brains in 1 side of the room, and her body in the other side....All these political figures are Zionist owned and Rothschild selected.
@@pavelavietor1Here's a small hint......"Mr Gorbachev.. tear down this wall".......another hint......"Berlin"
There are two kinds of leaders. Those who are arrogant, boastful and conflict causing , and then those who are humble, wise and peace loving. We need more of the last
Go for Gold which one is trudeau? He claims to be the 2nd but acts like the 1st.
fil a 100%
Go for Gold. Peace loving? This old Bolshehevik?
@@johnmcdonald9304 he was the driving force behind Glasnost and Perestroika. And maybe the reason the Wall came down in 1989 after Pres Reagan asked him to bring it down as nothing was done to stop the people when they started knocking it down.
amen
You know things are bad when the former leader of a communist party is worried about the world
Edit: wow I never thought I would get so many likes! After reading all the comments, I feel like people need to loosen up, its the internet!
Lol, good point
Zach’s Banana nah, he’s been paranoid all his life.
You know things are bad when corporate capitalist puppets are worried about the world. Oh wait nevermind, they don’t even believe in climate change.
Ahmed N
Do you not agree that climate change poses a serious threat to the world?
Ahmed N
My comment has as much to do with the video as does the OP’s.
I loved this man for his efforts to humanity in a difficult situation in his country...God bless you sir always and thank you ....
I wasn't old enough to remember anything he did honestly. I remember his character made a appearance in the Simpsons though lol!
I guess I'll read about him soon , since we didn't learn anything about him in school, im currently reading up on Jon macfae right now for the 1st time.
A film should be made of this man. I watched him as much as I could on TV and was awestruck and inspired by him; by his wisdom and courage and by the lovely twinkle in his eye!
Not to be shallow but he was very handsome too. There is a special place in heaven for this hero.
he disolved his country
That moment when you realize Gorbachev is still alive
Ignored Advice Productions I had no idea lol🤣
Unfortunately
I had no idea
I assumed he was still alive, because I didn't recall any reports on the news of his death, I'm quite certain I would remember something like that. I have vivid memories of hearing on the news that Boris Yeltsin died as well as Raisha Gorbachev, the execution of Nicolae ceausescu and his wife Elena... it would be big news, especially to anybody who grew up in the 80s.
One glass of good Vodka a day helps keep the good Doctor away!
That man did a lot for the world in the worst political situation and almost nobody knows about it anymore. Thank you
The collapse of the Soviet Union could have gone down in a much more violent manner if a hardline communist was in charge. I mean, just imagine if the Union collapsed under someone like Stalin. It would be hell on Earth.
@@sword_of_damocle5 under any other leader instead of this crazy fool, Soviet collapse is not going to happen.
@@saviorv1106 Lol yeah it will collapse when all they people died because of starvation
In Russia he is seen as a traitor
BBC's total reverence for Communism continues unabated!
He said “all people”, not “all nations”. Big difference there.
Nation states vs Civilization State - China with 2000 years of history
33 degree freemason!
because a true communist believes in only one thing. "communism for all". choices have nothing to do with anything. And of course communism for all means communism OVER ALL.
He said “all nations”.....
@@shenanikenz and if you say all nations then you're actually saying nations don't matter, thus you're saying all people regardless of a border.............hello........marx lenin revolution with BORDERLESS NATIONS...
He's a good man. He cares about people.
Cares about the world
Reaaaaaaally
😂😹😹😹😹
Yeah....Right.
He was a leader of a communist regime, that was on its knees.
Living history, that man is. Bless him.
Living traitor, what ?
Fuck him USA all day baby
Isn't Gorbachev's nickname "Mr. Chernobyl"?
Kristopher Cheatham you mean United States of Israel. Send Bibi another 60 billion every month.
Tom D dhyatlov was in charge.. it was dhyatlov
All these years later and he's still pushing for peace.
Shit, in my mind he's pushing for survival! "If you release one, you release them all."
Peace?! This commy wish soviet union still exist
@@lawmaker22 do you really believe that, or are you trying to get me to believe that ? I watched what him and Reagan accomplished as it happened, they wanted peace over mutual destruction. And they achieved it.
@@dannyarrowheadstalker3054 hahaha he did when sssr was already falling apart big time. He had no choice.. Go read winter is coming by gari kasparov and that smart guy will tell you... Only positive about gorbacov is that he is not complete madman
@Tarik Hodzic ot wouldnt be authoritatian?! Communist contry not authoritarian? You clearly dont know what communism is
Good man' Blessed are the peacemakers' and he was a peacemaker.
The comment of a clueless idiot.
Chicot The Jester Read history moron. REAL HISTORY! Not the propaganda you have been taught
ANGEL if you do not know him why the hell making these comments. He killed 30000 people in Armenia by making artificial earthquake . That is a very small part of his evil body
Annette Van Donk and how does one make an artificial earthquake? Your actually a brainless spastic
Sankento Which book can I find this “history” of yours in I wonder?
He was a good man caught in an impossible situation. Probably the most important politician of the 1980s
2nd most important politician of the 1980s
@@Steve-nm9qy First
@@julianmarsh1378 Ronald Wilson Reagan
John Edmunds Reagan was THE WORSE politician of the '80's, followed closely by thatcher.
@@francessimmonds5784 49 states says it all !
Just a man telling another man we need to get together and stop fighting.
Easy to say when you don't start a fight. Harder when someone else does.
@Alex Sadler no lol. It took two to tango.
He is brave for it being him against the rest of the USSR but they didnt have much choice. They were getting left behind.
@Alex Sadler fair enough
I grew up during the cold war and know what Gorbachev did for the people of the world. Americans like to say they "won" the cold war but it was Gorbachev who won the peace for all of us. I remember... and when this guy speaks, all of us should listen.
Yes he was a big part of trying to make peace .a great man for that .god has a place for him!
I really strongly agree with you there! Well said.
He also threatened to end the political life of Kieve's Mayor if he decided to don't do the workers day parade in 1986 while the Chernobyl wind was blowing in direction to Kieve and end up exposing a lot of people to a unhealthy dose of radiation (in one our the maximum tolerate in a year), so he's not as kind as you think.
Edit: writing error
By the way, check Ushanka Show he was there (Kieve) when it happened
Edit: Ushanka Show is a UA-cam Channel
@@EDARDO112 wow didn't know of that.thank you for the info friend .
my left ear enjoyed this revealing interview
Change your earphones then, its fucked
@@CheonMaJossa No, the audio is on the left
It switches from right to left
Great respect to Gorbachev, still talking peace and agree with him should get rid of nukes but could you trust everyone to do just that when they have been relied on for defence for so long. World seems to be on a knife edge at present. Need more leaders like him voice of reason and not the power mad lunatics we have now in the world.
Great Respect?? You must be Crazy 😜
A good man doesn’t need to say how great he is he just does. This Man is great, but knows the value of remaining humble in order to stop a great castorphy
January 13th, 1991.
@@tomaskla9030
This is what weve been saying for years. Gorbachev is a good man. All these nukes are not needed and we should get rid of all of them..all of them.
studio developers2 Though nukes have been the reason there’s not been a major war since the completion of the Second World War. Even Vietnam and Korea were relatively mild affairs in comparison to the wars that would’ve occurred between the east and west without the nuclear deterrent
Donald Mackay Yet I’m not wrong. I would much rather be hit in the face than shot. None of the wars since the Second World War have been major escalations of global conflicts. They just have not been anywhere near that bad. That isn’t to say they’ve not been bad it’s just the nuclear option is why we haven’t had a war with over 75 million casualties since the Second World War. I’m sorry but I’d much rather take the 90ish thousand dead U.S soldiers from Vietnam and Korea combined than the millions that another global conflict would’ve cost. Apparently you believe it’s better to increase the fatalities?
studio developers2 nukes keep things balanced. Escalation through proxy wars keeps the world in turmoil.
I have admired and liked that he understood that he didn’t have to be the loudest voice in the room.
Well there is no point in being the loudest when what you're saying doesn't work. And it will never work.
He understood that and he didn’t have to be quiet about it unlike the current Russian leader.
@Ann Nifödova thats the problem with humans. You consider megalomaniac egoistic leaders as perfect and strong, and caring and compassionate leaders as weak.
I'm glad he asked Scherbina to take Legasov with him to Chernobyl
Yes Alex would have done it better ... everyone’s a critic
He isn't clever,he is wise
It takes intelligence to gain wisdom from experience. He's both. Says a lot about him that we admire him in the west and presumably Russians do also.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🐕🐾💞💞
Yes, he was bit naive too.
And WISE because there was always honesty in him 👍👍
Yeah, as wise as you русские are, the perfect model for you. 🤮
This man was a leader he is one of the few leaders that could think and changed things for the good of the world. Thank you for putting it out there
Thank you Mr. Gorbachev for putting away the sword. It is a shame we have slid back.
I agree completely that we should have a world wide disarmament of nuclear weapons. Fighting is a fact of life and we will always fight to some extent, but there will never be a need to destroy the world.
Strange Dee* Lee yup, only takes one nation to hold on to their weapons and they'll have ultimate power over everyone. No-one is going to risk destroying their nukes when another country could be hiding theirs. Mutually assured destruction also brings stability of a kind. War would have less consequence without nuclear weapons. At the moment the stakes are a lot higher.
Yeah, that'll never happen. Keep on dreaming, the world will end by nuclear annihilation, volcanic eruption, asteroid, climate change, or a man made pandemic.
War can only be truly fought in a conventional way rather than a nuclear way.
Fighting isn't always going to be apart of the world. We have grown accustomed to it by passing our beliefs from generation to generation instead of individualizing ourselves.
i don't agree nukes keep us from war. would be on WW5 by if it wasn't for them.
Rip Gorbachev. You were a legend. Thank you everything that you accomplished
Total respect for him, his Brexit comments shows he still has a sound mind and a good sense of humour.
Bri B I didn't like his answer only because I wanted to hear his wisdom. I feel like he left me hangin'. /-:
Garbage-chov is nothing but an idiot who trust the USA
@@namesurname8725 Propaganda much?
He said nothing.
@@algorhythm4593 make it stop......
I know most people who were in support of the Soviet union think of him as a traitor but this is the man who is probably the reason we are all breathing right now.
Youreright....a great man along with Reagan and Thatcher.....he gave us peace to sleep at night.
Not exactly. Only communists do that and the thing is that even if they supported every regime they had because patriotism most of Russians have never been communism. Remember that when the October Revolution happened communists were a minority, but they were better organized.
@@somersetuk525 Bahahahaha
@@breizhcatalonia1993 what would you say about Putin's statement, that the fall of the soviet Union was the most profound geopolitical catastrophe in modern time.
@@nobaso620 That he is right. Not because some republic's wanted to separate (they had the right to do that) BUT rather by how it all happened.
If only there were more people like this man - even just a few more in history!
One of the Great politicians. could do with a lot more like him.
@1400deadwood But Gorbachev was terribly cheated by the West. After his reputation had faded away NATO started creeping towards the Russian border.
Either the US , UK or EU should make him their leader , after dismantling the USSR he might do more good for the world by dismantling these as well.
Love the guy, a brave world leader and a man of principle.
I believe it was in a book that said
“We will destroy ourselves “ it should say
“ narcissistic sociopathic politicians will destroy us”
The only country which is a threat to world peace and is a war mongering nation ????
Good ol USA.
Look at its bloody and violent history after 2nd World War.
War has never been caused by the ordinary joe bloggs but by elites and their marionettes, the politicians, who smell powerand become intoxicated.
@@gillianforrester558 And not forgetting the arms manufacturers and dealers
When you think about it the only type of human traits that lack any kind of remorse or empathy for other human beings are those type of personality traits specifically. I think all human unnecessary suffering and conflict originates from those type of people. We are still quite far from recognizing this simple fact.
Elite only lie
Believers kill + die
Believers do the evil horrors
There are moments in history when it's all down to one man. Luckily for everyone it was down to this man. God bless you and the Russian people.
He sees the BIG Picture, we are all connected. Listen to his wisdom!
Much respect to Mr Gorbachev, he understands that we all need to get off our High Horse & think about the Future of this World & Planet.
What effing fluff.
I am with you.
The hen that quacks the most lays the least eggs.
Gorbachev is a good guy.
He ended the cold war and removed the Berlin wall.he was able to do what other communist leaders couldnt do.
Athena Micheal A good guy?? You’re insane. He was an evil communist maybe not as evil as his predecessors but evil nonetheless. And the West ended the cold war by economically destroying the Soviets.
@@chicotthejester9341 Libtard b!tch
@chicot the jester
Mikhail gorbachev was the last president of soviet union .the soviet union collapsed mainly because of the chernobyl disaster,due to this he decided to end the afghan war and end the cold war.he was even awarded nobel peace prize for his pivotal role in ending cold war.he is not evil,most definitely.i couldnt say the same for putin tho.
Is cold war ended? I've not noticed that. In which reality?
I'm not sure Putin hates him, but most ex soviet people do.
Yeah and you are talking about the guy who got control of second largest economy at the time. Strongest military in the world at the time and left it at an economic collapse with high inflation and multiple ethnic hatred and ongoing consequences such is a result of the collapse of the USSR such as Crimean crisis, Karabah crisis, crisis in middle east (USSR would of never let USA to do to what its done in Iraq and Syria) and there are many more. Yeah he is such a great guy who made millions homeless and bankrupt.
Where are all the golden gentlemen’s like MG in this modern world?
This is a man I have much respect for. Wish he was still running Russia. Maybe the world would be a safer place.
I'd rather he was running the US than Potatus 46 and Harris.
Agreed. He is a man of integrity and great courage.
I have a high respect on this man because of his brilliant decision making skills . Good man live a long life .
Irony?
kroteks he’s saying decision making skills because USSR fell part and that’s it so he has no explanation
Why is it imposible for me to sett like on komments here ?
@kroteks at least way better than the Nixon and Kissinger scumbags that ruined the whole south america
Destroyed the Soviet Union. Millions died because of what he did. I'm not sure if he intended that, but it doesn't matter.
If this guy is still alive in 2020 he’s a damn legend
he is :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev
He turned 90, 3 days ago
He's a legend just for being 88 during this interview?
Clever clog😇
Well, he's the longest living ruler in history of Russia, he even oulived Kerensky, the leader of the Provisional government a year ago. Now he's heading to his 91.
He and Shevardnadze did a great thing for world peace.
What ? Millions killing without punishment - like Yugoslavia Somali make revolution and poor people and started starving . Shevardnadze was no-one he was like puppy of Gorbachev then western .
Wish there were more like him around nowdays. Instead we have our future decided by a bunch of arrogant autocratic fools.
Liberal will destroy us all!
No,he made Russia a second class country,If I were a Russian,I'll hate him
@John Pembroke With economy like Spain and
life expectancy same as Libya? hahahahahahahahaah
Really there's no political direction that's truly evil. It's almost fully dependent on whoever's president, and Gorbachev proves that. Although he was a communist, he shattered a lot of what the USSR stood for to save the world from years of proxy wars and heated politics between capitalism and communism. What a guy.
Russia needs more leader like Gorbachev! Very smart man.
monsieur fortuna unfortunately Russia hated Gorbachev entirely, that’s why they don’t have anymore smart leaders like him
😂😂😂 tan inteligente el man que dejó que subiera el borracho de Boris Yeltsin al poder, con su macabro plan de iniciar uma guerra civil en su pais, ademas de "tercermundizarlo" en todo aspecti y hacer otro patio trasero de EEUU. Gorbachov debio capitalizar la urss en un tiempo lento como lo hizo Den Xiaoping con china en el 79, no hacerlo todo de una vez.
Resultado? Quebrar esa union de 15 paises en menos de un año en todo sentido, salvo los balticos...se salvaro, pero como la parte caucasa, en donde se vivieron guerras civiles y el aumento de las mafias
@@anonymouscitizen8920 asi es men, gorbachov y yeltsin deberian estar en un anfitrion de la verguenza en vez de darle elogios innecesarios
Pity Yeltsin turned out to be a drunken idiot. Maybe the KGB wouldn’t have got there best man elected to take over the government.
That’s what the west probably thought.. who needs the US to bring down the USSR when it’s own leaders like gorbachev were already doing it for them.. Same goes for the US! Russia couldn’t do any more damage to the country than America’s own politicians.. Liberalism destroys all!
Don't know why the blame is always on Russia. The US is the major culprit when it comes to international wars and violence.
America is expected to be the world's policeman. If there's trouble America expends massive amounts of money and manpower - and takes the flack for anything and everything that goes wrong. They are also expected to do it for free, which is why people attack them for oil/business contracts etc. Sure sometimes they've abused their position. But I'd rather they were in charge than China, Russia or the crazy Mullahs.
@@mogznwaz and what about aftermath? What about decade long unstable environment of the region? What is the value of freedom if there is no food left to eat?
@@mogznwaz cool because the security situation in their country(US) is great... The police protects all its citizens... 🙄
@Tom Graham agreed
@@mogznwaz Who gave US right to be the world's policeman? I never read any UN resolution which would acknowledge that right to the US. Similarly, who gave Russia right to intervene in Ukraine? All big countries are the same. Just bullying and justifying what cannot be justified.
One of life’s true gentlemen. Sad that the current Russian administration is so corrupt and distorted.
As is ours unfortunately
Russia is not the USSR. Learn your facts before you react.
@@lindan2836 He never claimed Russia was the same as the USSR.
History will credit him as the man who ended the cold war.
Only those who are utterly ignorant of history would believe such a stupid thing.
Khushrau Jilla with former US. President Late R.Reagan.
Stephen Kershaw Only ignorant fool and idiots who can't think critically believe that Reagan won the Cold War.
His dumb way to end the cold war is the key reason of new one
Never ended.
Him an Reagan turned out to be good freinds
Apparently he was really sad at Reagan's funeral
And polar opposite! Reagan was a corporate sheep whose goal was to kill as many poor people as he could in order to concentrate all of the wealth into the hands of his rich 1% overlords, Gorbachev is a humanitarian with a good heart!
Grand Wonder shut the fuck up! Reagan was one of the best. Not perfect but miles above the turds after him up to Obama the con man. Trump is the closest to being as great as Reagan. So fuck off!
Mikhail Gorbachev is still a good man ..good interview . He did a wonderful job running russia .his presense is missed in the world .much love feom America
Gorbachev is a legend. He’s still alive at the age of 91. Reasons he’s a legend:
WW2 (he couldn’t fight since he was too young but he experienced it)
Cold War
Chernobyl (he’s against nuclear weapons)
Allowed elections to the Warsaw Pact members
Dissolved the Soviet Union
And heck he’s probably watching the news about the war in Ukraine. I would love to see him in person. He’s the type of guy that’s like your grandparents curious about their past and you go with them to a local coffee shop to have a drink.
I bet he hates what Putin is doing.
I wonder if there's anything he could do to help at his age
He might be a legend for those who don't know what he did to soviet people to please those in America and England who bribed him !
Он предал свою родину. Это самый позорный предатель в истории России. Вы вообще ничего не знаете.
@@lessyk2414 Что значит я ничего не знаю? Я знаю кое-что, я выучил это на уроке истории. Он не был предателем, он пытался сохранить жизнь СССР. Он старался изо всех сил. Плюс почему вы считаете, что Советский Союз вам дорог? Лучше жить в обществе, где есть свобода слова и т. д. Повторяю: Горбачев не был предателем.
@@lessyk2414 and another thing “I ain’t Russian” Niko Bellic
This is a great man who stepped down just to avoid civil war and many deats
What was great about him? The fact that he collapses his country allowing oligarchs to take over or the fact that he lowered most Russian standard of life to that of third world levels.. It’s easy to step down and dismiss yourself of all the problems you just created.
@Davin S if he had not stepped down there would have been a civil war that could have destroyed the people of the country and it would have them 100 years behind the rest of the world
this man has avoided that by stepping down
He will die a Communist. pffft.
he stood down because he was the last link in the chain of communist failures in the soviet union and the eastern block. The baltics fell, the wall fell. He was just smart enough to see the writing on the wall pardon the pun. Look up yuri malstev. He was the economic advisor to gorby during this time.
Cudnt accept the reality n face the pressure from the western countries, plus was taken for a ride by the USA..... inefficient leader.
Putin brought back the lost glory and is giving a hard time to the US.
I am a Chinese living in United States watching a United Kingdom press interviewing a former Russian leader. What great fun :)
It's called GLOBALISM.
@@adrian.r968 Nice summary :)
@Ann Nifödova I am chinese citizen dude
@@milesyoung7548 Your government will kill you because now you know about Tiananmen Square...
@暖心公主 go and see a psychologist
2022 he was right about this I'd rather have gorbachev back in power and create a more stable peaceful uusr and overthrow putin by force
We need more people like him in the world.
The West dumped him for Yeltsin after the August 1991 coup was defeated.
I always thought he was a wise man acting for peace
Europe ows him so much. Such a great man.
Yeah, let's do away with mutually assured destruction so we can get back to horrific drawn out conventional warfare.
Look at the state if the last 4 US leaders ( at least ) they were a comody show at best.
He is in our history book, and he still alive.
RESPECT
So Is jimmy carter.. well, no one really talks about him, but he is still worthy to be talked about with all the good he does.
He was also in Rocky 4 😨
@@xaviersonofgod4464 he does seem like a very nice guy but he doesnt strike me as too bright.
Gorbachev was a wonderful hero for the entire world. His achievements have never been properly recognized.
We should have Gorbachev Day to celebrate this great man.
He did everything he could to peacefully reform an autocratic system.
A rare concept in world history. It usually takes a bloody revolution.
I’m convinced that the only one that can bring peace is the Lord Jesus Christ!
Cymoon RBACpro yes the Prince of Peace ✌️
For me it's the Flying Spaghetti Monster
@@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis athiests don't dig foxholes. Fools every one of them. Crawl under a rock when trouble comes because no one will bail you out, you'll just expire. Wise up a-hole.
I'm convinced that Jesus °is dead!° !!!! / #Atheism #Atheists
We slashed the nuclear arsenal in a time when leaders understood there's no way to win. But we're now once again living in a time when leaders on both sides think they can win. And there's nothing as dangerous as a human who thinks they can win. 'The ends justify the means' only applies to those who think the end is within their grasp.
Your not talking about Putin? If you are please tell. Facts please
I don't think the leaders involved consider the country's survival the 'win' condition. They consider their own survival and dominion the win condition. They aren't altruists. And if the continued survival of their own country isn't their concern beyond their own lifespan, then there are costs they are willing to accept, because they won't be the ones paying them. This is true for a LOT of leaders in the world.
Your thoughts are all confused and unclear. Like the русские.
Love this guy.... could use some one like that today! How did we get stuck with all these idiots?
dirk dil Exactly !!!
@@JC-yo5tx Our ancestors supported the businessmen which eventually entered politics after the demise of royal families. Hierarchy will still be a thing, it is in our nature to have leaders and followers.
@solaroid55 I suspect it has more to do with corporate power. Even if you're against it, just about every common purchase is a vote for them.
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We got stuck many times.
" Sacrifycing Liberry" made by trunes.com.
Gorbachev: You decide about Brexit
But the UK can’t decide about Brexit
I say exit brexit.
Gorbachev was giving the modern UK politik way too much credit.
Wth Britain didn't exit yet?...it was voted on...no democracy?
Gorbachev's is a hard core Globalist.
True labour and conservative are as bad as liberal vs republican maybe not social wise but our governments have been divided the same way
We the people are so dumb we are kept in the dark.
Sadly true.
People are not dumb they are fucken stupid and they are stupid because they choose the believe the bull shit the are drip feed bye the media
I'm okay with that.
I bet he knows when it will erupt
,UK HOLDING TO FOREIGN TERITORIES IS BIGGEST THREAT TO 🌎
Gorbachev, you were an advocate of peace.
Thank you.
We can thank Gorbachev for a lot. He's a grand old gentleman.
For what? Being a dictator for one of the most evil regimes to ever exist? Having a nation built on oppression and murder collapsing under it's own weight?
The USSR was bound to collapse with or without Gorbachev. It is to ethnically diverse and was in too dire of poverty to actually maintain itself. They couldn't project their power in Germany anymore and the second the rest of the world saw that was when the overthrow of communist states finally happened.
People finally saw the evil empire unable to project its power like it used to and they took that chance to get rid of its puppets. Gorbachev took over a crumbling empire. The only thing special about him is that he was there when it finally died
@@CasshernSinz1613 the collapse of USSR was done by local authorities with complete rejection of people's opinion. Just before the collapse, people voted to keep the Soviet Union unite in a referendum. After that, in 1993 a democratically elected pro-communist Supreme Council was attacked with tanks by Yeltsin. Even today, after years of Putin's nationalist liberal propaganda, surveys show that a lot of people liked it more to live in USSR and have decent healthcare, education and wages. The collapse of USSR was one of the most undemocratic processes in the world history. The only thing that mattered for the politicians who ran it was money and property that they aquired after privatization.
@@daniyara8879 Putin and liberalism don't belong in the same sentence, brat.
@@CasshernSinz1613 Yours is a very cynical take on history, I have to say. I accept much of what you say, but the fact that he was open to change and capitalism helped a lot, I believe. Imagine if he had been determined to let the USSR grind on! We would have seen a lot of bloodshed, I believe. As things happened, the whole thing happened relatively peacefully. And we can thank Gorbachev a lot for that.
@@victigr I agree Putin is a fascist, but his rule is covered by liberal, nationalist and religious propaganda.
He was a brilliant leader, and now all his good work has been undone.
Del Mac You are mad if you believe that BS coming from your head
@Del Mac TRUE.👋👋👋
Obama in Russia?
Y por q dejó q subiera el lumpen de boris yeltsin al poder?
I was named after him.
Trump and Putin disassembled the nuclear arms agreement that Regan and Gorbachev put together...
We need a clone of your good self, more than ever.
A man of integrity
@John Sluder - The man for the rich...
@John Sluder they both were,
They rushed by us far to fast,.
Our world, needs people who do what they say,
And say what they'll do..
With Integrity.
X
@John Sluder - Clever...
@John Sluder Gorby & Ron were the pair that saved us all.
@John Sluder explain?
Dystopian nihilist
"The president with the map of his country on his forehead " was how he was introduced to us.
A man who prioritised peace over pseudo-sovereignty and patriotism.
@@SusanPDavis
IRA?
A man who destroyed Russia. That is why he is loved in the west. Putin is now putting things right again, hence why he is hated.
toxic mess woah edgy bro
Patriotism and sovereignty isn’t “pseudo” you globalist egalitarian commie filth! Tell that to the millions of Russians starved and living in third world poverty because of that man! 90% of Russians disagree with you
What's "pseudo" about sovereignty and patriotism? You don't know what you're talking about.
Someone’s daughter 10 min into Netflix and chill 0:08
Mikhail Gorbachevone, one of Russia's greatest leaders who changed the world for the better. Mikhail Gorbachev, we salute you.
yes we do
He wasn't a leader of Russia.
@@Rustycaddy17 Russia by any other name is still Russia.
@@DrWoodyII In 1991, there was a power struggle between the President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the USSR. The Russian SFSR was a republic within the USSR and during this power struggle two governments were fighting each other during the war of laws. On one side there was the Russian government, and the other was the Soviet Government.
@@DrWoodyII Soviet union was union of Republics So He was Soviet leader not Russian if He was He would Just control Russian Socialist republic modern Russia.
f anything this man was a great leader and an intelligent man
Not exactly, he caused the downfall of the USSR unintentionally by trying to give more human rights in a government run autocratically. His leadership was the cause of ending the system of government he believed in.
I respect this man so much. An intellectual and a man of peace. Way ahead of his time.
SuperKasper333
I totally agree. He was handed dictatorial power and could have retained it had he so wished but instead gave it away. A worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace prize.
SuperKasper. You're moral idiot. he's a communist.
@@johnmcdonald9304 your comment speaks of your lack of education and class.
@ And there are no comments needed for a nazi
@@Tridhos Absolutely.
Gorbachev Regan time was the most hopeful era for Europe American and the whole world.
I believe the US people came together during the 9-11 attack on America . They seem to be split 50-50 now and that's not a good thing .
This man is one of my heroes. He did more to transform Asia and the world than most leaders alive today.
I agree with President Gorbachev. All nuclear weapons should be destroyed.
Speak softly and carry a big stick - President Theodore Roosevelt. You have to realize the next guy in power may not be as nice as the one in power now. An unfortunate rule of nature is only the strong survive, from the smallest rodent to the smartest human. I do agree with President Gorbachev's position, unfortunately we have enemies who do not, hence the big stick. There may be a world leader willing to push the button on the U.S.; however when they stop and think of those 18 Trident Ohio Class subs on patrol each with 24 nuclear missiles with multiple warheads, they pull their finger back. Military strength keeps peace, instead of making war.
Wythe Trumpet I agree with that. Nukes are scary, that’s the point. If we gave up that ultimate uno card we would see a lot of larger conflicts which would kills a lot of people too. Nukes keep us in check but smaller country’s with lower protection should not have them.
@Circumcision is Jewish Genital Mutilation "Nuclear winter". Look it up. You think everything would be rosy after that, do you?
@Circumcision is Jewish Genital Mutilation
Funny you should mention Israel.
They have nukes, but have never used them.
Do you think that Hamas would show the same restraint if they had them?
this guy basically saved us from a nuclear war, yet some people blame him for the collapse of the ussr.
Perestroika caused the collapse of the USSR by allowing capitalists such as Boris Yeltsin who undemocratically dissolved the Soviet Union to take power. Perestroika caused the shortages that often are characterized by the west as the shortcomings of planned economy, even though perestroika allowed for more market-liberal policies. Like it or not, Gorbachev was partly to blame for the dissolution of the USSR.
@@comradewildcat1770 A collapsed soviet union is better than a nuclear winter soviet union.
@@comradewildcat1770 well he still saved us from a total nuclear catastrophe
If the World's leaders United, what a World we'd have..
Peace, food, health, truth
The World does not have so called 'leaders' it has corrupt henchmen of the power cabal, sold to the masses as democratically elected representatives. Thus the concept of them uniting for any kind of real World good is a fallacy.
What the world needs is JESUS CHRIST .No one can satisfy like HIM.HE IS OUR ULTIMATE HOPE.
I’ve always respected Gorbechev. One of very few leaders I can say that about. ✌🏼🇨🇦
This gentleman was one of the great leaders of the last century. Intelligent, honest and decent man.
I agree, sadly the same will never be said about Putin or Trump.
Yes when in January 1990 he sendend +23k soviet troops+ KGB and his fleet to Baku and killed more than 600 civilians, he decided it and after years he apologised, search on Google Black January Azerbaijan, when he ordered to cut off all TV and telephone lines to kill civilians
How can you that murder "the greatest leader"
... are you sure? What choice did he have? At that point USSR had no economy... no food... sure he could start a war or nuke somebody, I guess he was smarter than that.
Aleksandre Mzhavia that alone can be the best life you can live. Culture is always about not doing what one could.
@@AleksandreMzhavia The USSR had no economy and no food thanks to his economic reforms. I'm not suggesting that the Soviet economy was in good shape before him, it definitely wasn't, however he took a stagnant yet certainly salvageable economy and turned it into a complete mess that, along with other mistakes of his doing, resulted in the collapse of the USSR.
The greatest russian to ever live & Putin couldn't even match his little toe.
Reflecting on the international tensions during the 20th century, as a proponent for peace, even a peacemaker, Gorbachev stands out beyond others. Considering the legacy of his predecessors, and the political games they had to play, his achievements are nothing short of miraculous. An extraordinary person.
I still remember President Reagan's words quote "mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall"
He'd now like to have a word with Mr. Trump
Six words by Reagan that will never be forgotten.The downing of the Berlin Wall was indeed historical.
He’s the Ayatollah Of Chernoblyoha!
One of the great men of our times.
I met this wise and lovely man and his gracious wife in person one afternoon in the US.
I cannot begin to tell you the loving and caring vibe he left me with.
It is a shame what both countries have become. We must plant the many seeds of trees we will never be shaded by.
He definitely knows the dangers of nuclear weapons, thank God for all of us he had Vasily Arkhipov in his ranks
Andrew Yang 2020... The most talented presidential candidate America ever had in history
*Wipes stain off his head
Leslie Nielsen: "I Knew It"
Schmidty030 this is the comment I came for XD
Lmao
Thanks for taking the high road, and digging so deep.... not so much.
Why mock someone's physical appearance?
@@charlesc.6555 r/woosh
I used to hate him, most of soviet people call him a traittor. But now ive changed my opinion. He gave us a freedom. A man who changed the world and millions of people thank him. Gorbachev is a hero.
This man deserves a mega peace Nobel prize or something
Or something ELSE, for ruining our country
No, he will not get it.
You see, it's only reserved for American presidents.
Only American president can get Nobel peace award while multiple wars at the time.
Nobel is a joke to me since then.
He already received one in 1990
@@nephronum oh I was unaware of this.
Growing up during the Cold War, we couldn't imagine anything worse. We were so wrong💔
I was more worried during the Cold War. Occassional terrorist attacks are bad, but not as bad as M.A.D.
And now the Democrats and corporate media in the US are pushing for a second Cold War.
And in fact the US has been for decades with aggression towards Russia.
Do you really believe things are worse off than during the Cold War? You have a strange view of those times, then.
You deserve a real war with you dumb president, propaganda media and foolish population
@@cockoffgewgle4993 Trump = war
Don’t worry, according to the climate activists, the world is ending soon anyway.
According to them the world ended 20 years ago so who cares anyways?
Ohh those people sure know the best , fuck face
Gorbi! A man of empathy morals and ethics.He was shown then, as having compassion, humility, for not only his country but for whole world..bless you sir.