In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.

I think if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened.

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.

As for myself, I was never against Russia.