08-30-2022, 08:49 PM
https://www.reuters.com/world/mikhail-go...022-08-30/
Memories of a saner time in Russian leadership.
I got to shake his hand in 1989 (i think) whem he jad come to DC to meet with Reagan (or Bush I guess)
. He stopped his limo on the way to the White House and got out and shook hamds with the crowd. I worked nearby and ran out in time to get close.
This guy had rock star appeal and the atmosphere was so hopeful for a better relationship with the West and better life for former soviet peoples and eastern bloc countries.
And for a while it did get better.
Memories of a saner time in Russian leadership.
I got to shake his hand in 1989 (i think) whem he jad come to DC to meet with Reagan (or Bush I guess)
. He stopped his limo on the way to the White House and got out and shook hamds with the crowd. I worked nearby and ran out in time to get close.
This guy had rock star appeal and the atmosphere was so hopeful for a better relationship with the West and better life for former soviet peoples and eastern bloc countries.
And for a while it did get better.