[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02bgp7h[/url]
[QUOTE]Russia needs a "calm and firm" and "democratic policy" the former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev has told BBC HARDtalk.
Describing the current situation in Russia as "very tense", Mr Gorbachev said Russia's President, Vladimir Putin had a "conservative line" which caused a "chilling effect" on its population, but made it easier for the government to govern the country.[/QUOTE]
He looks so different, so old now.
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04t4bd1/hardtalk-mikhail-gorbachev-president-of-the-soviet-union-19901991"]Full interview here[/URL]; play it through a UK proxy like ZenMate.
This sounds like the opposite to what Gorbachev was espousing the other day. He was sounding very nationalistic only a few weeks ago.
An even more brutal opposition stance was taken by Kasyanov(former RU PM between 2000-2004) in today's Hardtalk.
He said that, if there was a media blackout for 3 months, Putin's approval rating would drop to 5%.
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