The Union was destroyed against the will of the people, and it was done deliberately - with the participation of the Russian leadership, on the one hand, and that of the putschists, on the other.

If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.

In our discussions here at the forum there was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism...We should seek a synthesis of ideas and values that have proven their viability.

Nature is reminding us that it used to exist without human beings.

I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.

My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all.

Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.