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rms1954
Posts: 10,372
Registered: ‎06-06-2019

Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 05:06 PM

Just heard this on the news.  He was 91.

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skatting44
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Registered: ‎07-26-2019

Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 05:46 PM

Heard on the news that he  can be seen as a visionary for his country of Russia as .He admitted that socialism/communism does not work .

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Porcelain
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 06:27 PM

His funeral is going to be an opportunity for subtle anti-Putin protest. Should be interesting.

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golding76
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 08:19 PM

Porcelain, the sad thing is that the protests may be subtle, but any possible punishment or retribution the protesters will experience will be as subtle as a sledgehammer.

 

Putin is a bully and a murderer.

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Snoopp
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 08:54 PM

@golding76  Well said.

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shoekitty
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 09:37 PM

He was interesting. And genuinely interested in the better,ent of his country.  Not like now where governing is a total ego trip

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ValuSkr
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

‎08-30-2022 10:20 PM

He joins his beloved Raisa who died in 1999.  She was well-educated, a university lecturer, and frequently appeared in public along side her husband - which was unusual at the time (and would be now, actually!)  She had leukemia.

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Sushismom
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev Passed

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‎08-30-2022 10:51 PM - edited ‎08-30-2022 10:51 PM

I always think of Gorbachev as the demise of the Soviet Union. Goodbye, Mr. Gorbachev. 

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