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 couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

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

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.