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Originally Posted by Heibges
You don't think that Gorbachev had the best interests of the Russian people at heart?
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Oh, I do. I think Gorbachev had the best of intentions, and you know what they say about good intentions... I don't think they justify what he brought the country to. It's the same (perhaps not as extreme) as Nicholas II - I've no doubt he wanted the best for everyone, but screwing everything up to that extent is, to most people, not something easily forgivable.
He was an idealist; Putin is a pragmatic. I'm sure Gorbachev had much better intentions than Putin ever will, but Putin has the foresight and means that Gorbi could only dream of.