Mikhail Gorbachev

[Pupp]

Beeb just reporting his demise aged 91; wonder what he made of the current st show…

[rover 623gsi]

RIP

[Carl_Manchester]

His 2019 BBC interview is on iplayer.

May he rest in peace.

[TTmonkey]

Damn.

[Last Visit]

Rather liked his politics. His legacy will be kind to him. RIP.

[Eric Mc]

I bet he died a disappointed death.

[souper]

He and Regan helped tear the wall down & Glasnost for a while. RIP.

[Dog Star]

A great man. I always liked him.

For a while at least he and - despite the prophesies of nuclear Armageddon- Reagan changed the world for the better.

I always thought that there was a genuine rapport between him, Thatcher and Reagan that made for a bit of optimism.

[J4CKO]

Hmm, he criticised Putin a couple of weeks back....

Goes down in history way way better than the useless incumbent .

[Jules Sunley]

A sad loss, a shame he isn't in power still instead of the current lunatic. RIP

[cherryowen]

Last Visit said:

His legacy will be kind to him

Yes, I rather think it will.

[ClaphamGT3]

From an era when our leaders were great men and women who understood the ultimate responsibility of leadership. He must have been distraught at the way that Putin squandered his legacy

[ruggedscotty]

He did well...

much liked by the west.

[rjfp1962]

cherryowen said:

Last Visit said:

His legacy will be kind to him

Yes, I rather think it will.

What a leader he was... Can't imagine his despair of what Putin is doing now....

Long may he rest in peace......, back with his wife Raisa....

[roger.mellie]

I’m old enough to remember writing a primary school letter to Andropov about not wanting nuclear armageddon.

RIP Gorbachev. Right person at the right time.

[RDMcG]

Yes, a great man.

Gives Putin a bit of a problem...
Do they do a state funeral?.

[anonymous-user]

He was a rare Russian leader, he liked people.

RIP, a great man.

[Murph7355]

Eric Mc said:

I bet he died a disappointed death.

Thinking similar.

Going through what he did to have the legacy in the state it's currently in.

RIP.

[g3org3y]

RIP. Great leader.

He also made a guest appearance on Street Fighter 2 if you completed it with Zangief.

[Zetec-S]

RIP

His legacy will always endure in the West, although I think there are more mixed feelings towards him in Russia.