I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.
But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.
You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.
I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.
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.
As for myself, I was never against Russia.