The New York Times

August 20, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor

Russia Never Wanted a War

By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Moscow

THE acute phase of the crisis provoked by the Georgian forces’ assault on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, is now behind us. But how can one erase from memory the horrifying scenes of the nighttime rocket attack on a peaceful town, the ( Read more... )

Posted 8 May 2008

Mikhail Gorbachev is not a frivolous man. He was the Soviet leader who introduced the conceptual breakthrough of "mutual security" to Soviet-American relations, as well as the man who did more than any other individual to bring the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion. (See Read more... )

Every U.S. president has to have a war - Gorbachev

U.S. promises cannot be trusted - Gorbachev

14:04 | 07/ 05/ 2008

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Promises made by U.S. leaders cannot be trusted, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph published on Wednesday.

"The Americans promised that NATO wouldn't ( Read more... )

May 7, 2008 · “We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a New World Order and yet we squandered them,” he said.

Telegraph | May 7, 2008

Gorbachev: US Imperialists could start new Cold War

By Adrian Blomfield and Mike Smith in Paris

Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of mounting an imperialist conspiracy against Russia that ( Read more... )